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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Jal in New Mexico

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.07S, -102.985WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Jal in New Mexico. Event id: tx2024htsx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdg5, tx2024htsx. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.2236 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:50:04 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 09:50:04 / April 20, 2024 @ 9:50 am. Exact location of event, longitude -102.985 West, latitude 32.07 North, depth = 4.2236 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hobbs, Odessa, Monahans.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.985° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.07° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.2236 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ESE of Jal, 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 2024-04-20 09:50:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 01:23:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 129 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 ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2 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 59 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 tx2024htsx Id of event.
Event Code 2024htsx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdg5,tx2024htsx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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