A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pecos in Texas on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -103.2904° West, 31.0927° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jjh5. Id of event: us1000jjh5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 20:22:47 / March 20, 2019 @ 8:22 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:22:47 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SSE of Pecos, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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