A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from San Luis in Colorado. Exact location, longitude -105.1689° West, latitude 37.214° North, depth = 2.07 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 22:17:47 / March 13, 2016 @ 10:17 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.07 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10004x9k. Event ids that are associated: us10004x9k. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:47 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Alamosa (c. 8 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raton, Alamosa, Trinidad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km E of San Luis, Colorado. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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