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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag strikes near Falls City in Texas

Posted by admin on February 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.8942S, -98.1926WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Falls City in Texas on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 01:52:22 / February 16, 2025 @ 1:52 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:52:22 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe1t. Id of event: us7000pe1t. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.1926 West, latitude 28.8942 North, depth = 5 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Leon Valley, Seguin, Selma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop).

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

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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: 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.1926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.8942° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-16 01:52:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 02:01:19 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 148 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.32 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 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 mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pe1t Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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