Magnitude 4.2 Strikes New Mexico
December 19, 2005
USGS, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Preliminary Earthquake Report
A light earthquake occurred at 20:27:40 (UTC) on Monday, December 19, 2005. The magnitude 4.2 event has been located in NEW MEXICO. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 4.2
Date-Time December 19, 2005 at 20:27:40 (UTC)
Monday, December 19, 2005 at 1:27:40 PM = local time at epicenter
Location 32.513°N, 104.564°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region NEW MEXICO
Distances32 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
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