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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

Vibrations of Texas’s fourth-strongest earthquake felt hundreds of miles away

Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States via the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge, in Ciudad Juarez
The effects of the quake could be felt in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, which is 215 miles west of Mentone, Texas. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced.

The earthquake occurred near the Texas-New Mexico border, about 22 miles (36km) south-west of Mentone, Texas, the USGS said. The effects of the quake could be felt in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, which is 215 miles west of Mentone, according to the National Weather Service.

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