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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Atoka in New Mexico


Earthquake location 32.6584S, -104.3953WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Atoka in New Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.036 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqv6. Unique identifier: us7000nqv6. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:24:20 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.036 km, -104.3953° West, 32.6584° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 10:24:20 / November 9, 2024 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlsbad, Artesia (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km S of Atoka, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.3953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6584° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.036 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km S of Atoka, 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 2024-11-09 10:24:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 10:38:58 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 158 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nqv6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqv6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqv6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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