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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Jal in New Mexico

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.958S, -103.355WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jal in New Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.5864 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: tx2024ieuf. Event ids that are associated: us6000mtyi, tx2024ieuf. Exact location of event, depth 8.5864 km, -103.355° West, 31.958° North. The temblor was reported at 11:02:47 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 11:02:47 / April 26, 2024 @ 11:02 am.

Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos, Monahans, Kermit.

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 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SW of Jal, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.355° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.958° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.5864 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 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 2024-04-26 11:02:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 14:37:50 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 121 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 39 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 64 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 tx2024ieuf Id of event.
Event Code 2024ieuf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtyi,tx2024ieuf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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