A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Malaga in New Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -103.7204° West, 32.054° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:59:21 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 08:59:21 / July 15, 2025 @ 8:59 am. Event id: us7000qcrl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcrl.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos, Kermit, Carlsbad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico.
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