A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Livingston Wheeler in New Mexico on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 17:11:25 / July 24, 2025 @ 5:11 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -104.1394° West, 32.4165° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qunb. Id of event: us6000qunb. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:11:25 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Artesia, Carlsbad (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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: 6 km ENE of Livingston Wheeler, New Mexico.
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