A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Socorro in New Mexico on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.85 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -106.3334° West, 34.028° North, depth 7.85 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:30:19 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i53p. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i53p. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/18 / 2018-11-01 04:30:19 / November 1, 2018 @ 4:30 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Belen (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Belen, Socorro.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 51 km E of Socorro, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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