Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Whites City in New Mexico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (35 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.349 West, latitude 31.663 North, depth = 6.7664 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.7664 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000py1p, tx2025iznv. Id of event: tx2025iznv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 19:28:50 / May 8, 2025 @ 7:28 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:28:50 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.349° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.663° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.7664 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km S of Whites City, 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	2025-05-08 19:28:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-08 19:42:22	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	4.232	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	168	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	,us,tx,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1	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	69	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	tx2025iznv	Id of event.
Event Code	2025iznv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000py1p,tx2025iznv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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