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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 15 km NNE of Jal, New Mexico


Earthquake location 32.233S, -103.1026WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Jal in New Mexico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 23:19:57 / July 27, 2024 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.369 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -103.1026° West, 32.233° North, depth 7.369 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngez. Id of event: us6000ngez. The temblor was detected at 23:19:57 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Seminole (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monahans, West Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Close 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 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 15 km NNE of Jal, New Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.1026° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.369 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km NNE of Jal, 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 2024-07-27 23:19:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 23:32:56 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 129 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ngez Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngez An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngez, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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