A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mentone in Texas on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -103.973 West, latitude 31.622 North, depth = 6.3064 km. Unique identifier: tx2024opzi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ng9q, tx2024opzi. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:56 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 23:19:56 / July 26, 2024 @ 11:19 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.3064 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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