Updated: Wed, Dec 8, 2021 05:17 GMT –
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Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 6 km depth
8 Dec 04:59 UTC: First to report: USGS after 9 minutes.
8 Dec 05:10: Magnitude recalculated from 3.0 to 3.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 5.8 km (from 3.1 to 3.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.9 km (1.2 mi) towards N.
8 Dec 05:12: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.8 to 5.7 km (from 3.6 to 3.5 mi).
Update Wed, 8 Dec 2021, 05:03
Small magnitude 3.0 earthquake 27 miles northwest of Fort Stockton, Texas, United States
3.0 quake 7 Dec 10:49 pm (GMT -6)
Just 13 minutes ago, a 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas, USA. The tremor was recorded late at night on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, at 10:49 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 3.1 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 3.0 earthquake as well.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Coyanosa (pop. 160, 20 miles away), Fort Stockton (pop. 8,600, 27 miles away), Pecos (pop. 9,500, 29 miles away), and Monahans (pop. 7,700, 45 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data
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Date & time: Dec 8, 2021 04:49:46 UTC –
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 10:49 pm (GMT -6)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 5.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.05517°N / 103.30541°W↗ 
(Pecos, Texas, United States)
Antipode: 31.055°S / 76.695°E↗
Nearby towns and cities:
31 km (19 mi) SW of Coyanosa (pop: 163) –> See nearby quakes!
44 km (28 mi) WNW of Fort Stockton (Pecos County) (pop: 8,650) –> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) SSE of Pecos (pop: 9,520) –> See nearby quakes!
72 km (45 mi) SSW of Monahans (Ward County) (pop: 7,690) –> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) NNE of Alpine (pop: 5,950) –> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) SSW of Kermit (Winkler County) (pop: 6,430) –> See nearby quakes!
116 km (72 mi) SW of West Odessa (Ector County) (pop: 22,700) –> See nearby quakes!
125 km (78 mi) SW of Odessa (pop: 119,000) –> See nearby quakes!
157 km (97 mi) SW of Midland (pop: 133,000) –> See nearby quakes!
539 km (335 mi) W of Waterloo (pop: 931,800) –> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 
8.7°C (48 F), humidity: 25%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from WSW
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.1 | 5.7 km | 30 Km SW of Coyanosa, Texas | USGS |
| 3.0 | 5 km | WESTERN TEXAS | EMSC |
| 3.1 | 5.7 km | Western Texas | RaspberryShake |
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