A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Midland in Texas. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:13 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.3232 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 00:12:13 / April 13, 2025 @ 12:12 am. Event id: tx2025heju. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5p1, tx2025heju. Exact location of earthquake, -102.211° West, 32.13° North, depth 6.3232 km.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Seminole, Lamesa, Big Spring. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 19 km NW of Midland, Texas.
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