Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 7 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Westbrook in Texas. Exact location of event, longitude -101.082 West, latitude 32.326 North, depth = 7.9346 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.9346 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:00:06 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 23:00:06 / October 12, 2025 @ 11:00 pm. Event id: tx2025udbzfd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgsd, tx2025udbzfd.

Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder, Big Spring (min 5000 pop). Close 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-101.082° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.326° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.9346 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 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	2025-10-12 23:00:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-12 23:27:02	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	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	tx2025udbzfd	Id of event.
Event Code	2025udbzfd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgsd,tx2025udbzfd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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