A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Monument in New Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.4618 West, latitude 32.7541 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us7000adt2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000adt2. Global time and date of event 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 17:09:25 / June 28, 2020 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:09:25 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Lovington (c. 11 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Seminole (c. 6 400 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 Seminole, Hobbs, Lovington.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km NW of Monument, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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