A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pecos in Texas on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 03:05:08 / August 3, 2019 @ 3:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:05:08 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000501m. Unique identifier: us6000501m. Exact location of event, longitude -103.2475 West, latitude 31.1595 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos.
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 37 km SE of Pecos, Texas.
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