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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Jal in New Mexico


Earthquake location 31.959S, -103.342WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.959° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.1252 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SW of Jal, 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 2025-01-20 11:24:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-20 11:53:22 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 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 ,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 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 74 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 tx2025bjpe Id of event.
Event Code 2025bjpe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2025bjpe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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