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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.6626S, -104.3923WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (35 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -104.3923 West, latitude 31.6626 North, depth = 5 km. Global time and date of event 30/01/21 / 2021-01-30 09:10:29 / January 30, 2021 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:10:29 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us6000dd79. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dd79.

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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.3923° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 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 2021-01-30 09:10:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-30 09:17:11 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 188 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 0.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000dd79 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dd79 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dd79, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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