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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near Socorro, NM

USGS: 3 km NNE of Escondida, New Mexico

9:14 am MST, Feb 2, 2017 · · 13 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Socorro County 16 kmValencia County 66 kmTorrance County 103 kmBernalillo County 105 kmSierra County 116 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
9:14 am MST on 2 February 2017 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) N of Socorro, NM · earthquakes near Socorro
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Socorro County, 16 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
La Jencia fault, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3446 days ago

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) N of Socorro, NM, at 9:14 am MST on 2 February 2017 (16:14 UTC). 7 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.1275, -106.8816. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Socorro County, NM 16 km (10 mi) SSW earthquakes near Socorro County
Valencia County, NM 66 km (41 mi) N earthquakes near Valencia County
Torrance County, NM 103 km (64 mi) ENE earthquakes near Torrance County
Bernalillo County, NM 105 km (65 mi) N earthquakes near Bernalillo County
Sierra County, NM 116 km (72 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sierra County
Cibola County, NM 135 km (84 mi) NW earthquakes near Cibola County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 15 km E of Socorro, New Mexico
  2. 2.7 2 km NNW of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  3. 3.2 16 km ESE of Magdalena, New Mexico
  4. 2.5 13 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
  5. 2.6 10 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
  6. 2.6 7 km WNW of Veguita, New Mexico
  7. 3.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  8. 2.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  9. 2.7 14 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  10. 3.7 6 km WNW of Veguita, New Mexico
  11. 3.2 6 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  12. 2.9 3 km NNE of Abeytas, New Mexico
  13. 3.6 2 km WNW of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  14. 3.9 7 km NNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  15. 2.7 11 km ESE of Las Nutrias, 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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