A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Mentone in Texas. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/20 / 2020-09-02 04:52:49 / September 2, 2020 @ 4:52 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.072 West, latitude 31.76 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:52:49 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bgb9. Unique identifier: us7000bgb9.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlsbad, Pecos. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 45 km W of Mentone, Texas.
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