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M 4.2mwr

5 km E of Capulin, New Mexico

· 13 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Rio Arriba County 32 kmLos Alamos County 56 kmSandoval County 61 kmSanta Fe County 106 kmTaos County 107 kmArchuleta County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mwr)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
389 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Rio Arriba County, 32 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1835 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 389 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 63× 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.2272, -106.7485. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Rio Arriba County, NM 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Rio Arriba County
Los Alamos County, NM 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Alamos County
Sandoval County, NM 61 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sandoval County
Santa Fe County, NM 106 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Santa Fe County
Taos County, NM 107 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Taos County
Archuleta County, CO 112 km (69 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Archuleta County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
  2. 2.6 26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
  3. 3.3 13 km NNW of La Cueva, New Mexico
  4. 3.6 22 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
  5. 2.9 11 km NNE of Gallina, New Mexico
  6. 2.9 28 km NNW of Regina, New Mexico
  7. 2.9 7 km ENE of Capulin, New Mexico
  8. 2.8 7 km ESE of Cuba, New Mexico
  9. 3.5 9 km E of Cuba, New Mexico
  10. 2.5 10 km E of Cuba, New Mexico
  11. 2.9 3 km ESE of Capulin, New Mexico
  12. 2.6 9 km N of Capulin, New Mexico
  13. 2.5 11 km NW of Jemez Springs, New Mexico
  14. 2.6 7 km WSW of La Cueva, New Mexico
  15. 2.8 4 km NNW of Regina, 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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