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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Carlsbad, NM

USGS: 7 km ESE of Livingston Wheeler, New Mexico

11:11 am MDT, Jul 24, 2025 · · 6.1 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Eddy County 19 kmLoving County 79 kmLea County 83 kmCulberson County 108 kmChaves County 115 kmWinkler County 117 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
11:11 am MDT on 24 July 2025 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) SE of Carlsbad, NM · earthquakes near Carlsbad
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
12 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Eddy County, 19 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 356 days ago

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) SE of Carlsbad, NM, at 11:11 am MDT on 24 July 2025 (17:11 UTC). 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Loving, La Huerta.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 lb of TNT

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 4.0 on 2024-02-23 — about 32 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 32.3622, -104.1333. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Eddy County, NM 19 km (12 mi) WNW earthquakes near Eddy County
Loving County, TX 79 km (49 mi) SE earthquakes near Loving County
Lea County, NM 83 km (52 mi) NE earthquakes near Lea County
Culberson County, TX 108 km (67 mi) SSW earthquakes near Culberson County
Chaves County, NM 115 km (72 mi) NNW earthquakes near Chaves County
Winkler County, TX 117 km (73 mi) ESE earthquakes near Winkler County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 34 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  2. 3.3 31 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  3. 2.9 27 km SW of Atoka, New Mexico
  4. 2.6 17 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  5. 2.8 16 km NNW of Whites City, New Mexico
  6. 2.7 18 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  7. 2.4 16 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  8. 1.6 36 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico
  9. 2.2 32 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  10. 2.0 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  11. 3.5 24 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  12. 3.4 30 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  13. 2.5 35 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico
  14. 2.5 23 km WNW of Whites City, New Mexico
  15. 1.5 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico

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.

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