A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Atoka in New Mexico. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:10:33 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 04:10:33 / June 21, 2024 @ 4:10 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -104.4021 West, latitude 32.6314 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtqr. Id of event: us7000mtqr.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlsbad, Artesia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km S of Atoka, New Mexico.
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