Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7ml
13 km ESE of Watrous, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mora County, 28 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1687 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
- 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 35.7404, -104.8498. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mora County, NM | 28 km (17 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mora County |
| San Miguel County, NM | 30 km (18 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near San Miguel County |
| Harding County, NM | 91 km (56 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Harding County |
| Guadalupe County, NM | 97 km (60 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Guadalupe County |
| Colfax County, NM | 99 km (61 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Colfax County |
| Santa Fe County, NM | 104 km (64 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Santa Fe 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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