A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Toyah in Texas. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.548 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:37:25 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: tx2025xvgwlm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rfh3, tx2025xvgwlm. Exact location of event, depth 8.548 km, -103.997° West, 31.617° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 08:37:25 / December 4, 2025 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas.

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