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M 3.5ml

55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico

Yes. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico, at 8:42 pm MDT on 25 March 2026 (02:42 UTC), 6.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

· 6.1 km deep · released about 2.7 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culberson County 26 kmReeves County 85 kmHudspeth County 88 kmEddy County 88 kmLoving County 90 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.5 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Culberson County, 26 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 154 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 306 km (190 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.4 on 2022-11-16 — about 710 times the energy of this one.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 31.6810, -104.4910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Culberson County, TX 26 km (16 mi) S earthquakes near Culberson County
Reeves County, TX 85 km (53 mi) ESE earthquakes near Reeves County
Hudspeth County, TX 88 km (55 mi) WSW earthquakes near Hudspeth County
Eddy County, NM 88 km (55 mi) NNE earthquakes near Eddy County
Loving County, TX 90 km (56 mi) ENE earthquakes near Loving County
Jeff Davis County, TX 121 km (75 mi) SSE earthquakes near Jeff Davis County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  2. 1.7 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  3. 1.7 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  4. 1.6 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  5. 1.7 50 km W of Mentone, Texas
  6. 1.5 51 km W of Mentone, Texas
  7. 2.2 51 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  8. 2.3 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
  9. 1.6 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 2.3 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  11. 1.9 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  12. 1.5 45 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  13. 1.6 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  14. 1.7 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  15. 1.8 44 km NW of Toyah, Texas

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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