A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qh27. Unique identifier: us6000qh27. Exact location of earthquake, -104.3911° West, 31.6561° North, depth 8.534 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.534 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:26:52 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 10:26:52 / May 31, 2025 @ 10:26 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carlsbad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.
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