A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from El Indio in Texas. The temblor was picked up at 07:37:20 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/21 / 2021-02-18 07:37:20 / February 18, 2021 @ 7:37 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dilt. Id of event: us6000dilt. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.12 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.3325 West, latitude 28.4596 North, depth = 14.12 km.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zaragoza, Crystal City, Allende (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Piedras Negras (c. 150 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Eagle Pass (c. 26 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Allende (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Nava (c. 18 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Zaragoza (c. 10 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four 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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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: 6 km SSW of El Indio, Texas.
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