Magnitude 4.2 - NEW MEXICO

2005 December 19 20:27:40 UTC

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Magnitude	4.2
Date-Time	Monday, December 19, 2005 at 20:27:40 UTC Monday, December 19, 2005 at 01:27:40 PM 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 wave magnitude (Mb), Version=Q
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usgva8

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