A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Channing in Texas. The temblor was detected at 13:55:01 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/17 / 2017-10-02 19:55:01 / October 2, 2017 @ 7:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.45 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.45 km, -102.3612° West, 35.5909° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000axzc. Unique identifier: us2000axzc.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amarillo, Dalhart, Dumas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Amarillo (c. 190 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Dumas (c. 14 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Dalhart (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 10 km SSW of Channing, Texas.
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