A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Raton in New Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.96 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -104.8443° West, 36.9571° North, depth 2.96 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 05:46:10 / June 19, 2016 @ 5:46 am. The temblor was reported at 23:46:10 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065cb. Id of event: us200065cb.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trinidad, Raton (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km W of Raton, New Mexico.
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