A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Raton in New Mexico. Exact location, longitude -104.8525° West, latitude 36.975° North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: us1000emsv. Event ids that are associated: us1000emsv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:12:26 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 18:12:26 / June 10, 2018 @ 6:12 pm.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trinidad, Raton (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km WNW of Raton, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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