A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.814 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndte. Id of event: us7000ndte. Exact location of event, longitude -104.4726 West, latitude 31.6323 North, depth = 8.814 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/24 / 2024-09-14 17:01:06 / September 14, 2024 @ 5:01 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:01:06 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlsbad.
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 twenty and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.
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