A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.9204 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -104.193 West, latitude 31.671 North, depth = 5.9204 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:58:37 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9x8, tx2024mycm. Id of event: tx2024mycm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 22:58:37 / July 2, 2024 @ 10:58 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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