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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Whites City in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.659S, -104.327WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (35 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.1609 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0ln, tx2024yzss. Unique identifier: tx2024yzss. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 14:43:36 / December 21, 2024 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -104.327° West, 31.659° North, depth 4.1609 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:43:36 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.659° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.1609 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km S 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 2024-12-21 14:43:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-21 15:20:04 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 automatic 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 129 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 20 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 69 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 tx2024yzss Id of event.
Event Code 2024yzss An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0ln,tx2024yzss, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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