A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 10:23:41 / May 12, 2024 @ 10:23 am. Exact location, longitude -104.194° West, latitude 31.676° North, depth = 6.1127 km. The temblor was detected at 10:23:41 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.1127 km (4 miles). Event id: tx2024jhza. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my1p, tx2024jhza.
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 55 km NW of Toyah, Texas.
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