A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico. The temblor was detected at 03:29:25 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/20 / 2020-09-10 03:29:25 / September 10, 2020 @ 3:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, -104.2934° West, 31.6557° North, depth 5 km. Id of earthquake: us7000bkv3. Event ids that are associated: us7000bkv3.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.
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