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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Snyder in Texas


Earthquake location 32.9467S, -100.8965WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Snyder in Texas on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 11:04:50 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -100.8965° West, 32.9467° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/21 / 2021-02-11 11:04:50 / February 11, 2021 @ 11:04 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us6000dgmt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dgmt.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Post, Snyder (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km N of Snyder, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.8965° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9467° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km N of Snyder, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-11 11:04:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-11 11:19:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000dgmt Id of event.
Event Code 6000dgmt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dgmt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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