A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Adrian in Texas on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.84 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:35:28 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -102.603° West, latitude 35.3504° North, depth = 6.84 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a7gc. Id of event: us6000a7gc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 10:35:28 / June 7, 2020 @ 10:35 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canyon, Amarillo, Hereford. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Amarillo (c. 190 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hereford (c. 15 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Canyon (c. 13 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NE of Adrian, Texas.
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