A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kermit in Texas. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 01:00:26 / December 27, 2025 @ 1:00 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:00:26 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -103.1409° West, 31.9731° North, depth 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rkzk. Id of event: us7000rkzk.

The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Odessa, Pecos, Andrews (min 5000 pop).

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 sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNW of Kermit, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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