A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.0999 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9xs, tx2024myet. Id of event: tx2024myet. Exact location of event, longitude -104.192 West, latitude 31.666 North, depth = 6.0999 km. The temblor was detected at 00:04:35 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/24 / 2024-07-03 00:04:35 / July 3, 2024 @ 12:04 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas.
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