Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Capulin in New Mexico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Capulin in New Mexico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.417 km (6 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:22:49 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000np1x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000np1x. Global time and date of event 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 11:22:49 / September 1, 2024 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.734 West, latitude 36.2541 North, depth = 9.417 km.

Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Los Alamos (c. 12 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Española (c. 10 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from White Rock (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was White Rock, Española, Los Alamos. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km ENE of Capulin, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-106.734° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.2541° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.417 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km ENE of Capulin, 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	2024-09-01 11:22:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-02 06:13:39	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	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.325	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	us6000np1x	Id of event.
Event Code	6000np1x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000np1x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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