A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jal in New Mexico on Monday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:24:16 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1252 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 11:24:16 / January 20, 2025 @ 11:24 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2025bjpe. Id of event: tx2025bjpe. Exact location of earthquake, -103.342° West, 31.959° North, depth 7.1252 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos, Monahans, Kermit (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 22 km SW of Jal, New Mexico.
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