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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 11 km S of Atoka, New Mexico

Posted by admin on January 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.6622S, -104.3972WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Atoka in New Mexico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:11:39 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 10:11:39 / January 27, 2025 @ 10:11 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmj9. Id of event: us6000pmj9. Exact location, longitude -104.3972° West, latitude 32.6622° North, depth = 5 km.

Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlsbad, Artesia (min 5000 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km S of Atoka, New Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.3972° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6622° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km S of Atoka, 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 2025-01-27 10:11:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-27 10:48:12 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000pmj9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmj9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmj9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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