A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Trinidad in Colorado on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 20:55:40 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -104.9548° West, latitude 36.9917° North, depth = 7.93 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.93 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 03:55:40 / May 22, 2019 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60003qh8. Unique identifier: us60003qh8.
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Raton, Trinidad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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