Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.6mwr
Earthquake near Angel Fire, NM
USGS: 20 km NE of Ute Park, New Mexico
- When
- 5:25 pm MST on 25 December 2018 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) NE of Angel Fire, NM · earthquakes near Angel Fire
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (mwr)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Colfax County, 33 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 days ago
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) NE of Angel Fire, NM, at 5:25 pm MST on 25 December 2018 (00:25 UTC). 5 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 3.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.8 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 7.9× more
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 4.2 on 2016-12-23 — about 7.9 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 36.7135, -104.9838. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax County, NM | 33 km (20 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Colfax County |
| Taos County, NM | 60 km (38 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Taos County |
| Costilla County, CO | 74 km (46 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Costilla County |
| Mora County, NM | 81 km (51 mi) | S | earthquakes near Mora County |
| Las Animas County, CO | 107 km (67 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Las Animas County |
| Huerfano County, CO | 108 km (67 mi) | N | earthquakes near Huerfano County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 14 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 1.7 15 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 2.0 12 km SW of Weston, Colorado
- 1.7 16 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.1 16 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.2 16 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.9 15 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.2 14 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.0 15 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 1.6 16 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.3 Colorado
- 1.5 14 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 2.2 15 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 1.5 15 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
- 1.9 16 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.