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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.68S, -104.394WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico on Sunday. Unique identifier: tx2024luod. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msur, tx2024luod. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.9207 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 18:47:44 / June 16, 2024 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:47:44 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.394 West, latitude 31.68 North, depth = 4.9207 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlsbad (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.394° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.68° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.9207 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 2024-06-16 18:47:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 19:02:34 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 4.072 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 211 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 38 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 tx2024luod Id of event.
Event Code 2024luod An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msur,tx2024luod, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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