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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico

Posted by admin on August 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.6465S, -104.3385WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:56:25 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -104.3385° West, latitude 31.6465° North, depth = 9.194 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.194 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nnuf. Event ids that are associated: us6000nnuf. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 07:56:25 / August 31, 2024 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.3385° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.194 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 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 2024-08-31 07:56:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 08:08:22 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 199 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.14 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000nnuf Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnuf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnuf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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