Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Westbrook in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Westbrook in Texas on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 00:37:03 / May 8, 2025 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.3619 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:37:03 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -101.145° West, 32.282° North, depth 2.3619 km. Event id: tx2025iyci. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxux, tx2025iyci.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder, Big Spring. Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 14 km WSW of Westbrook, 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	-101.145° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.282° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.3619 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-08 00:37:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-08 00:47:16	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	automatic	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	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	75	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	98	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	tx2025iyci	Id of event.
Event Code	2025iyci	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pxux,tx2025iyci,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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