A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Stanton in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.3269 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -101.925 West, latitude 32.119 North, depth = 8.3269 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 17:42:44 / October 9, 2025 @ 5:42 pm. Unique identifier: tx2025txehcl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfv4, tx2025txehcl. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:42:44 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lamesa, Andrews, West Odessa.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 12 km W of Stanton, Texas.

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