A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: tx2024kkoq. Unique identifier: tx2024kkoq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.6892 km (5 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:06:10 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 02:06:10 / May 28, 2024 @ 2:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.193 West, latitude 31.668 North, depth = 7.6892 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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