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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.682S, -104.403WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (34 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 23:22:57 / June 1, 2024 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: tx2024ktmw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpj3, tx2024ktmw. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.946 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -104.403° West, 31.682° North, depth 5.946 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:22:57 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.403° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.682° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.946 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-06-01 23:22:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-01 23:35:11 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 23 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 85 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 tx2024ktmw Id of event.
Event Code 2024ktmw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mpj3,tx2024ktmw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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