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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.664S, -104.575WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 59 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico (37 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzzp, tx2024yvnr. Id of event: tx2024yvnr. Global time and date of event 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 07:37:48 / December 19, 2024 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.575 West, latitude 31.664 North, depth = 6.5356 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:37:48 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.5356 km (4 miles).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.575° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.5356 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km SSW of Whites City, 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 2024-12-19 07:37:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 07:58:02 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 3.577 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 168 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 tx2024yvnr Id of event.
Event Code 2024yvnr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzzp,tx2024yvnr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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