Just 13 minutes ago, a 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Sunday, July 20th, 2025, at 7:19 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Woodstock (pop. 680) located 4 miles from the epicenter. In Cowra (pop. 10,000, 14 miles away), Canowindra (pop. 2,300, 21 miles away), Blayney (pop. 3,400, 25 miles away), Millthorpe (pop. 1,200, 27 miles away), and Orange (pop. 38,400, 35 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 20, 2025 07:19 pm (GMT +10) local time (20 Jul 2025 09:19 GMT)Magnitude: 2.7Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 33.77°S / 148.92°E (Cowra, New South Wales, Australia)Primary data source: GeoAu