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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag strikes near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.666S, -104.308WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2024 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -104.308° West, 31.666° North, depth 6.2024 km. The temblor was reported at 08:53:25 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024iysn, us6000mwx4. Id of event: tx2024iysn. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 08:53:25 / May 7, 2024 @ 8:53 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.308° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.666° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.2024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-07 08:53:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 09:00:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.049 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 189 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,tx,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID tx2024iysn Id of event.
Event Code 2024iysn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024iysn,us6000mwx4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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