The earthquake was recorded around 3:30 p.m. and may have been felt in San Antonio.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported near the town of Mentone in West Texas on Wednesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey.moving on Wednesday afternoon in San Antonio, you’re not alone.
Earthquake monitoring sites detected a quake in West Texas, with the U.S. Geological Survey reporting a 5.3 magnitude quake at a depth of about 6 miles near the town of Mentone, which is about 77 miles west of Odessa.Multiple people have reported feeling the earthquake as far east as San Antonio and as far north as Dallas.
The U.S. Geological Survey has reported over 200 responses on its website from people who have felt the earthquake and officially reported it. There have been 20 earthquakes reported in Texas this year, according to the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. The strongest earthquake was a magnitude 4.0 reported in Reeves County on April 27.Earthquaketrack.comOver 200 earthquakes of 3.
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