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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Los Alamos, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Los Alamos in the 24 hours to 6:30 am MST (13:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 177 km (110 mi) NE, at 3:34 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Los Alamos
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) west-northwest of Los Alamos, NM, at 1:05 am MDT on 25 June 2021 (07:05 UTC), 4.4 km deep.
USGS: 15 km SW of Santa Teresa, New Mexico
- When
- 1:05 am MDT on 25 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 46 km (28 mi) west-northwest of Los Alamos, NM · earthquakes near Los Alamos
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sandoval County, 40 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1889 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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Alamos, 46 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 36.0383, -106.7775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoval County, NM | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
| Los Alamos County, NM | 46 km (29 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | 53 km (33 mi) | N | earthquakes near Rio Arriba County |
| Santa Fe County, NM | 94 km (58 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Santa Fe County |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 110 km (68 mi) | S | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Taos County, NM | 118 km (74 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Taos County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
18 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.3 13 km NNW of La Cueva, New Mexico
- 2.9 11 km NNE of Gallina, New Mexico
- 2.9 7 km ENE of Capulin, New Mexico
- 2.8 7 km ESE of Cuba, New Mexico
- 3.5 9 km E of Cuba, New Mexico
- 2.5 10 km E of Cuba, New Mexico
- 2.9 3 km ESE of Capulin, New Mexico
- 2.6 9 km N of Capulin, New Mexico
- 2.5 11 km NW of Jemez Springs, New Mexico
- 2.6 7 km WSW of La Cueva, New Mexico
- 2.8 4 km NNW of Regina, New Mexico
- 2.5 New Mexico
- 2.7 2 km E of Capulin, New Mexico
- 2.7 4 km NE of Capulin, New Mexico
- 3.7 3 km E of Capulin, 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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