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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Westbrook in Texas


Earthquake location 32.337S, -101.082WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Westbrook in Texas on Thursday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:53:51 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.0557 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: tx2025wwrbyw. Unique identifier: tx2025wwrbyw. Exact location of earthquake, -101.082° West, 32.337° North, depth 7.0557 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 22:53:51 / November 20, 2025 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder, Big Spring (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -101.082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.337° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.0557 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 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 2025-11-20 22:53:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-20 23:18:07 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 121 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 ,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 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 54 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 tx2025wwrbyw Id of event.
Event Code 2025wwrbyw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2025wwrbyw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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