Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Gallup, NM
USGS: 11 km WNW of Ramah, New Mexico
- When
- 9:49 pm MDT on 19 May 2024 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) SSE of Gallup, NM · earthquakes near Gallup
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- McKinley County, 58 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 788 days ago
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) SSE of Gallup, NM, at 9:49 pm MDT on 19 May 2024 (03:49 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Black Rock, Zuni Pueblo.
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 35.1561, -108.6189. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley County, NM | 58 km (36 mi) | NE | earthquakes near McKinley County |
| Cibola County, NM | 62 km (39 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Cibola County |
| Apache County, AZ | 83 km (52 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Apache County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 21 km SW of Pinehill, New Mexico
- 3.4 20 km SW of Pinehill, New Mexico
- 2.9 20 km NNE of Fence Lake, 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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