Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7ml
44 km N of Pie Town, New Mexico
Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 44 km N of Pie Town, New Mexico, at 6:42 am MDT on 31 October 2025 (12:42 UTC), 5.6 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Cibola County, 27 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cebollita Mesa fault, 8 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. 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.
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 34.6965, -108.0696. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cibola County, NM | 27 km (17 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Cibola County |
| Catron County, NM | 93 km (58 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Catron County |
| McKinley County, NM | 100 km (62 mi) | N | earthquakes near McKinley County |
| Valencia County, NM | 115 km (72 mi) | E | earthquakes near Valencia County |
| Socorro County, NM | 130 km (81 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Socorro County |
| Sandoval County, NM | 154 km (96 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 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
- 3.4 19 km ENE of Pie Town, 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.
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