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Earthquake in North Texas, Saturday May 16th 2009

2009 May 17

by dlarmeir

You normally do not think of Texas as being a place for earth quakes, well yesterday we had a 3.3 magnitude quake near Forth Worth. you can read more about this here http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/last_event_states/states_texas.html – The USGS details are below:

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Magnitude	3.3
Date-Time	Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 16:24:06 (UTC) – Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:24:06 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	32.80N 97.09W
Depth	5.0 kilometers
Region	NORTHERN TEXAS
Distances	15 km (10 miles) ESE of Watauga, Texas 25 km (15 miles) ENE of Fort Worth, Texas 25 km (15 miles) W of Dallas, Texas 285 km (180 miles) NNE of AUSTIN, Texas
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 9.0 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=11, Nph=11, Dmin=44.4 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Erho=9.0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=92.8 degrees
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usgsba

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