A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Mentone in Texas. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 02:46:37 / November 19, 2024 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nsjs. Unique identifier: us7000nsjs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.153 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:46:37 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.9588 West, latitude 31.6063 North, depth = 5.153 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and four 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km WSW of Mentone, Texas.
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