A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Snyder in Texas. Exact location of earthquake, -100.918° West, 32.8459° North, depth 1.36 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 23:50:49 / October 31, 2018 @ 11:50 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:50:49 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.36 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000i503. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i503.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Post, Snyder (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km N of Snyder, Texas.
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