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M 3.0mb_lg
Earthquake near La Luz, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in La Luz in the 24 hours to 2:44 am MST (09:44 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 215 km (133 mi) SE, at 3:27 pm MDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near La Luz
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north-northeast of La Luz, NM, at 5:00 am MDT on 25 October 2022 (11:00 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km NNE of La Luz, New Mexico
- When
- 5:00 am MDT on 25 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north-northeast of La Luz, NM · earthquakes near La Luz
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Otero County, 46 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Alamogordo fault, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1408 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 36 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In La Luz, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Alamogordo, Tularosa, Boles Acres, Mescalero, Holloman Air Force Base.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 33.0002, -105.9296. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otero County, NM | 46 km (29 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Otero County |
| Lincoln County, NM | 94 km (58 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Doña Ana County, NM | 111 km (69 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Doña Ana County |
| Sierra County, NM | 118 km (73 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Socorro County, NM | 145 km (90 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Socorro County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have 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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