A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Pecos in Texas on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:14:18 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -103.2991 West, latitude 31.2318 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us1000h8cj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h8cj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 06:14:18 / October 7, 2018 @ 6:14 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermit, Monahans, Fort Stockton (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km SE of Pecos, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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