A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Toyah in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event id: us6000qkyf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkyf. The temblor was reported at 03:58:13 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -104.1773° West, latitude 31.5273° North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/25 / 2025-06-18 03:58:13 / June 18, 2025 @ 3:58 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km WNW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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