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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near Whites City in New Mexico

Posted by admin on August 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.671S, -104.368WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico (34 miles) on Tuesday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:58:52 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.0999 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: tx2025ptwvfe. Ids that are associated to the event: tx2025ptwvfe, us6000r019. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 06:58:52 / August 12, 2025 @ 6:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, -104.368° West, 31.671° North, depth 6.0999 km.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.0999 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 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 2025-08-12 06:58:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-12 07:12:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 189 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 ,tx,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 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 tx2025ptwvfe Id of event.
Event Code 2025ptwvfe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2025ptwvfe,us6000r019, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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