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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Eunice in New Mexico

Posted by admin on May 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.3265S, -103.2366WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Eunice in New Mexico on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 18:29:51 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000py1a. Event ids that are associated: us7000py1a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 18:29:51 / May 8, 2025 @ 6:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.186 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10.186 km, -103.2366° West, 32.3265° North.

Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lovington (c. 11 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Seminole (c. 6 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Seminole, Lovington, Andrews. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSW of Eunice, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.2366° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.186 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSW of Eunice, 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 2025-05-08 18:29:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-08 18:43:39 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 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us7000py1a Id of event.
Event Code 7000py1a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000py1a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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