A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mentone in Texas. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600068iu. Id of event: us600068iu. The temblor was detected at 22:04:39 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 04:04:39 / November 7, 2019 @ 4:04 am. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -104.2833° West, 31.6454° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 65 km W of Mentone, Texas.
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