Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (37 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 19:31:37 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.5 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mz8m. Id of event: us7000mz8m. Exact location of event, longitude -104.4734 West, latitude 31.6385 North, depth = 6.5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 19:31:37 / July 14, 2024 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.4734° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.6385° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 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	2024-07-14 19:31:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-14 19:46:35	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	148	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.038	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	70	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	us7000mz8m	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mz8m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mz8m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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