A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Trinidad in Colorado. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:25:32 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 12:25:32 / December 29, 2015 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004a8f. Unique identifier: us10004a8f. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -104.943° West, latitude 37.1253° North, depth = 5 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raton, Trinidad (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km W of Trinidad, Colorado. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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