A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Carrizozo in New Mexico. Global time and date of event 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 11:35:42 / January 3, 2025 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:35:42 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phev. Unique identifier: us6000phev. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.4107 West, latitude 33.4965 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ruidoso (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Ruidoso (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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.
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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: 52 km WSW of Carrizozo, New Mexico.
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