A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pecos in Texas on Monday. Id of earthquake: us1000edj5. Event ids that are associated: us1000edj5. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:15:46 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -103.2235° West, 31.1319° North. Global time and date of event 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 20:15:46 / May 28, 2018 @ 8:15 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SE of Pecos, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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