A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pecos in Texas. Unique identifier: us2000d0n2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d0n2. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 21:39:06 / February 11, 2018 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:39:06 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.2958 West, latitude 31.1611 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSE of Pecos, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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