A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pecos in Texas on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 03:42:12 / June 28, 2018 @ 3:42 am. Unique identifier: us2000fptx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fptx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.06 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -103.4706° West, latitude 31.432° North, depth = 7.06 km. The temblor was detected at 21:42:12 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 2 km (1 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermit, Monahans, Pecos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 2 km ENE of Pecos, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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