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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 23 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico


Earthquake location 32.7562S, -103.4549WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Lovington in New Mexico on Sunday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:26:43 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.48 km, -103.4549° West, 32.7562° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 07:26:43 / June 28, 2020 @ 7:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.48 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000adi2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000adi2.

The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Lovington (c. 11 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Seminole (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Seminole, Hobbs, Lovington (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.4549° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-28 07:26:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-28 07:37:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.402 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000adi2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000adi2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000adi2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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