A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Trinidad in Colorado on Tuesday. Event id: us10006g0b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006g0b. The temblor was reported at 10:56:12 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 16:56:12 / August 23, 2016 @ 4:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -104.9126° West, 36.9762° North, depth 5 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taos, Raton, Trinidad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Taos (c. 5 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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