A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Center in Texas. The temblor was picked up at 21:14:07 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 21:14:07 / August 21, 2025 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r2us. Unique identifier: us6000r2us. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.0981 West, latitude 31.7296 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Carthage (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Lufkin (c. 35 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Nacogdoches (c. 33 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Carthage (c. 6 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Center (c. 5 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mansfield (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 10 km SE of Center, Texas.
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