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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Ackerly in Texas

Posted by admin on August 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.4137S, -102.0824WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 02:18:39 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:18 am. Exact location, longitude -102.0824° West, latitude 32.4137° North, depth = 2.335 km. The temblor was reported at 02:18:39 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.335 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0w2. Id of event: us6000r0w2.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop).

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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 36 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.0824° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.335 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-15 02:18:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-15 02:24:44 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 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 us6000r0w2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r0w2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r0w2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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