A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Stanton in Texas on Friday. Event id: us7000nwev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwev. Exact location of event, longitude -101.8933 West, latitude 32.2533 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 02:24:12 / December 6, 2024 @ 2:24 am. The temblor was reported at 02:24:12 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Andrews (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NW of Stanton, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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