A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 03:21:38 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 03:21:38 / August 23, 2024 @ 3:21 am. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -104.4427° West, 31.6187° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8wd. Id of event: us7000n8wd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos, Carlsbad (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 62 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.
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