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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.674S, -104.367WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (34 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.0999 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:23:06 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Event id: tx2024pevk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhzx, tx2024pevk. Exact location of earthquake, -104.367° West, 31.674° North, depth 6.0999 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 02:23:06 / August 4, 2024 @ 2:23 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.674° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.0999 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 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 2024-08-04 02:23:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-05 19:47:00 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 121 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 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 127 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 tx2024pevk Id of event.
Event Code 2024pevk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhzx,tx2024pevk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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