A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from La Huerta in New Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 08:45:51 / June 20, 2024 @ 8:45 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.804 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -104.3766° West, latitude 32.5522° North, depth = 8.804 km. Event id: us7000mtk0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtk0. The temblor was detected at 08:45:51 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Artesia, Carlsbad. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km NW of La Huerta, New Mexico.
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