A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Monday. Event id: us7000nz7b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz7b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.689 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7.689 km, -104.0243° West, 31.6258° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 06:48:17 / December 16, 2024 @ 6:48 am. The temblor was detected at 06:48:17 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NNW of Toyah, Texas.
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