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Magnitude 4.1 - NEW MEXICO - usgva8

2005 December 19 20:27:40 UTC

A light earthquake occurred at 20:27:40 (UTC) on Monday, December 19, 2005. The magnitude 4.1 event has been located in NEW MEXICO. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 4.1
Date-Time
  • Monday, December 19, 2005 at 20:27:40 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Monday, December 19, 2005 at 1:27:40 PM
    = local time at epicenter
    • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 32.513°N, 104.564°W
    Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
    Region NEW MEXICO
    Distances
  • 32 km (20 miles) WNW (282°) from Carlsbad North, NM
  • 33 km (20 miles) WNW (290°) from Carlsbad, NM
  • 37 km (23 miles) SSE (154°) from Hope, NM
  • 193 km (120 miles) ENE (65°) from El Paso, TX
  • 729 km (453 miles) W (270°) from Dallas, TX
    		•
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst= 30, Nph= 30, Dmin=119 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 54°,
    M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID usgva8
    • Preliminary Earthquake Report
    • U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
      World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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