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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 7 km NE of Chacra, Colorado

Posted by admin on October 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.6164S, -107.3767WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Chacra in Colorado on Friday. Event id: us6000nzip. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzip. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 12:44:51 / October 18, 2024 @ 12:44 pm. Exact location, longitude -107.3767° West, latitude 39.6164° North, depth = 5 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:44:51 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Avon, Aspen, Edwards (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Edwards (c. 10 300 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Glenwood Springs (c. 9 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Rifle (c. 9 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Aspen (c. 6 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Eagle (c. 6 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NE of Chacra, Colorado.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -107.3767° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6164° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NE of Chacra, Colorado Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-18 12:44:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-18 13:59:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 130 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.186 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 61 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 us6000nzip Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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