5.4-magnitude earthquake rattles rural southeastern New Mexico, West Texas

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook a agrarian country of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico Saturday night.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake occurred astatine 7:47 p.m. section time, with an epicenter successful West Texas, astir 35 miles southbound of Whites City, New Mexico. It was initially measured astatine a magnitude of 5.3 earlier being upgraded to 5.4. 

Whites City is simply a tiny edifice municipality located adjacent Carlsbad Caverns National Park, conscionable northbound of the Texas borderline and astir 95 miles southbound of Roswell, New Mexico.

The earthquake occurred astatine a extent of 3.9 miles. Jennifer Armendariz, an exigency manager for Eddy County, New Mexico, which includes Whites City, told CBS News successful an email that "although" the earthquake "was felt by galore residents," determination were "no calls into either dispatch oregon my bureau for harm astatine this time."   

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck West Texas and southeastern New Mexico connected the nighttime of May 3, 2025.  USGS

As of 9:45 p.m., the USGS' Felt Report diagnostic had received astir 1,500 nationalist responses. The ample quake was followed successful the portion by 2 smaller 2.9-magnitude aftershocks. 

On the greeting of April 14, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake deed San Diego County and was wide felt crossed Southern California and bluish Mexico. Seismologists said the earthquake was apt associated with a subdivision of the San Andreas Fault system.

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