A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Trinidad in Colorado on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 05:53:55 / April 6, 2019 @ 5:53 am. Exact location of event, depth 8.51 km, -104.7814° West, 37.0069° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.51 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:55 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kb63. Id of event: us2000kb63.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Raton, Trinidad.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 30 km SW of Trinidad, Colorado. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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