A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Malaga in New Mexico on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 02:28:53 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.984 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbqg. Id of event: us7000qbqg. Exact location of event, depth 7.984 km, -103.7248° West, 32.0552° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/25 / 2025-07-10 02:28:53 / July 10, 2025 @ 2:28 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos, Kermit, Carlsbad. Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 37 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico.
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