A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Whites City in New Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.676 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:12:13 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -104.643° West, latitude 32.3365° North, depth = 6.676 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgy8. Unique identifier: us6000rgy8. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 20:12:13 / October 13, 2025 @ 8:12 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Artesia (c. 11 300 pop). 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 Artesia, Carlsbad.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 30 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico.
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