A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Mentone in Texas. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:49:08 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 22:49:08 / November 22, 2019 @ 10:49 pm. Event id: us70006bzr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006bzr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.2019 West, latitude 31.6464 North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km W of Mentone, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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