A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Trinidad in Colorado on Tuesday. Event id: us1000bthl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bthl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 04:41:41 / December 20, 2017 @ 4:41 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.75 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:41:41 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -104.9211 West, latitude 37.2873 North, depth = 1.75 km.
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (25 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Raton, Trinidad.
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 WNW of Trinidad, Colorado. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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