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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Santa Fe, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Santa Fe in the 24 hours to 6:01 am MST (13:01 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 177 km (110 mi) NNE, at 3:34 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Santa Fe
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) south of Santa Fe, NM, at 6:33 am MST on 26 January 2020 (13:33 UTC), 5.7 km deep. 50 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 1 km SSE of Galisteo, New Mexico
71 km (44 mi) ENE of Albuquerque, NM · 31 km (19 mi) S of Santa Fe, NM
- When
- 6:33 am MST on 26 January 2020 ()
- Where
- 34 km (21 mi) south of Santa Fe, NM · earthquakes near Santa Fe
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 50 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Santa Fe County, 15 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2405 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Santa Fe, 34 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Eldorado at Santa Fe, La Cienega.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 35.3822, -105.9428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe County, NM | 15 km (9 mi) | N | earthquakes near Santa Fe County |
| Los Alamos County, NM | 63 km (39 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 75 km (47 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Sandoval County, NM | 92 km (57 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
| Torrance County, NM | 92 km (57 mi) | S | earthquakes near Torrance County |
| San Miguel County, NM | 104 km (64 mi) | E | earthquakes near San Miguel County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
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