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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.634S, -104.374WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (37 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 06:49:38 / June 6, 2024 @ 6:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.51 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:49:38 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: tx2024lbjm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqmi, tx2024lbjm. Exact location, longitude -104.374° West, latitude 31.634° North, depth = 6.51 km.

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 three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.374° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 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 2024-06-06 06:49:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-06 07:07:28 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 148 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 tx2024lbjm Id of event.
Event Code 2024lbjm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqmi,tx2024lbjm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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