Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Jal in New Mexico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Jal in New Mexico on Thursday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:16 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -103.329 West, latitude 31.968 North, depth = 8.0994 km. Global time and date of event 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 04:40:16 / April 25, 2024 @ 4:40 am UTC/GMT. Event id: tx2024icmc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtlk, tx2024icmc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.0994 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos, Monahans, Kermit (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-103.329° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.968° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.0994 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km SW 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	2024-04-25 04:40:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-26 17:50:26	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	20	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	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	tx2024icmc	Id of event.
Event Code	2024icmc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mtlk,tx2024icmc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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