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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Paradise Hills, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Paradise Hills in the 24 hours to 5:11 am MST (12:11 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 260 km (161 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 Paradise Hills
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Paradise Hills, NM, at 9:36 am MDT on 10 September 2024 (15:36 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 185 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km WSW of Paradise Hills, New Mexico
15 km (10 mi) WNW of Albuquerque, NM · 15 km (9 mi) SW of Rio Rancho, NM
- When
- 9:36 am MDT on 10 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Paradise Hills, NM · earthquakes near Paradise Hills
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 185 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Bernalillo County, 18 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Jemez-San Ysidro fault, 5 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 720 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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Paradise Hills, 9 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: Rio Rancho, Lee Acres, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, North Valley, Albuquerque, Corrales.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× 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 35.1777, -106.7918. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County, NM | 18 km (11 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Valencia County, NM | 51 km (32 mi) | S | earthquakes near Valencia County |
| Sandoval County, NM | 57 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
| Santa Fe County, NM | 84 km (52 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Santa Fe County |
| Los Alamos County, NM | 89 km (55 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
| Torrance County, NM | 107 km (67 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Torrance 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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