A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lordsburg in New Mexico on Monday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:30 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xst. Id of event: us10002xst. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 04:18:30 / August 4, 2015 @ 4:18 am. Exact location of event, longitude -109.1306 West, latitude 32.5913 North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Safford (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Safford. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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