A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from El Moro in Colorado. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.61 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -104.5084 West, latitude 37.2961 North, depth = 8.61 km. Unique identifier: us7000nnab. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnab. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 06:29:15 / October 26, 2024 @ 6:29 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:29:15 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Trinidad (c. 9 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Raton (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raton, Trinidad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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: 8 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado.
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