Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Mansfield in Texas. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:09:33 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.18 West, latitude 32.504 North, depth = 3.833 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.833 km (2 miles). Event id: tx2024iolx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvhs, tx2024iolx. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 18:09:33 / May 1, 2024 @ 6:09 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Frisco, Denton, Murphy. Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Dallas (c. 1 197 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Fort Worth (c. 741 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Arlington (c. 365 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Plano (c. 259 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Garland (c. 226 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.18° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.504° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.833 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-01 18:09:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-09 15:43:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	211	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	234	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	tx	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,tx,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	72	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	tx2024iolx	Id of event.
Event Code	2024iolx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mvhs,tx2024iolx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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