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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Coyanosa in Texas


Earthquake location 31.0982S, -103.2808WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Coyanosa in Texas on Friday. Global time and date of event 06/11/20 / 2020-11-06 21:06:37 / November 6, 2020 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -103.2808° West, latitude 31.0982° North, depth = 1.87 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:06:37 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.87 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cbkb. Id of event: us7000cbkb.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Fort Stockton (c. 8 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monahans, Fort Stockton, Pecos (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.2808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.0982° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-06 21:06:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-06 21:30:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 148 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.036 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000cbkb Id of event.
Event Code 7000cbkb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cbkb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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