mining explosion · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Santo Domingo Pueblo in the 24 hours to 9:54 pm MST (04:54 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 213 km (133 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 Santo Domingo Pueblo
No: USGS classifies this as a mining explosion, not an earthquake. A magnitude 2.9 mining explosion was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north of Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM, at 5:05 pm MDT on 7 April 2025 (23:05 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 3 km WSW of Peña Blanca, New Mexico
56 km (35 mi) NNE of Albuquerque, NM · 37 km (23 mi) WSW of Santa Fe, NM
- When
- 5:05 pm MDT on 7 April 2025 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) north of Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM · earthquakes near Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Alamos County, 35 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Pajarito fault, 13 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 520 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 32 km (20 mi) from the epicentre. In Santo Domingo Pueblo, 5 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: San Felipe Pueblo, La Cienega, Placitas.
USGS catalogues this as mining explosion, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 35.5574, -106.3668. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamos County, NM | 35 km (22 mi) | N | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
| Santa Fe County, NM | 37 km (23 mi) | E | earthquakes near Santa Fe County |
| Sandoval County, NM | 49 km (30 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 62 km (39 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Valencia County, NM | 102 km (63 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Valencia County |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | 110 km (68 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Rio Arriba 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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