A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from McKinney Acres in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.0801 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -102.131 West, latitude 32.404 North, depth = 7.0801 km. Global time and date of event 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 07:04:34 / June 10, 2024 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:04:34 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrfl, tx2024lisb. Id of event: tx2024lisb.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Big Spring.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 39 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas.
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