Magnitude 3.3 Quake Strikes Northern Texas
Texas quake likely caused by oil and natural gas drilling activities—Moderators, blog contributors
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1. Location. The proximity of epicenter to fault zones (quaternary fault and fold deformation).
2. Depth.
3. Historic Seismicity.
Earthquake Details
Magnitude: 3.3
Date-Time:
- Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 16:24:06 UTC
- Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:24:06 AM at epicenter
Location: 32.796°N, 97.091°W
Depth: 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region: NORTHERN TEXAS
Distances:
- 6 km (4 miles) S (179°) from Euless, TX
- 7 km (4 miles) SE (141°) from Bedford, TX
- 9 km (6 miles) ESE (118°) from Hurst, TX
- 11 km (7 miles) NNE (16°) from Arlington, TX
- 28 km (18 miles) W (269°) from Dallas, TX
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 9 km (5.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters: NST= 11, Nph= 11, Dmin=44.5 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp= 94°, M-type=”Nuttli” surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=6
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: us2009gsba
West Texas – Quaternary Fault and Fold Information for Texas. USGS/Cooperator Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Gulf of Mexico coastal region: Areas of Quaternary deformation and faulting. (USGS). Click here for Gulf-margin normal faults, Texas and adjacent areas.
Texas Earthquake Information
Historic Information
- Earthquake History of Texas
- Quaternary Fault and Fold Information for Texas
- Quaternary Fault and Fold Information for Gulf of Mexico coastal region
Institutions
- Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Maps
Notable Earthquakes
- Largest Earthquake in Texas: 1931 August 16, Magnitude 5.8
Near Valentine, Texas - Historic Earthquakes in Texas
Recent Earthquakes
- Last Earthquake in Texas
from the NEIC Earthquake Bulletin
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