A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Monahans in Texas on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 01:14:17 / July 31, 2019 @ 1:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, -103.0679° West, 31.3252° North, depth 5 km. Unique identifier: us60004xq1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004xq1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:14:17 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was West Odessa, Kermit, Fort Stockton (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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