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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.6587S, -104.3824WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.3824 West, latitude 31.6587 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/20 / 2020-09-25 16:09:23 / September 25, 2020 @ 4:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:09:23 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c18r. Id of event: us6000c18r.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.3824° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6587° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km S of Whites City, 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 2020-09-25 16:09:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-25 16:30:46 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 129 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 0.101 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c18r Id of event.
Event Code 6000c18r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c18r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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