A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pecos in Texas. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 17:05:04 / February 7, 2019 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -103.2292° West, 31.17° North. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:05:04 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jety. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jety.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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