Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2ml
26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Rio Arriba County, 24 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 243 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
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 36.6770, -106.8572. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Arriba County, NM | 24 km (15 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Rio Arriba County |
| Archuleta County, CO | 61 km (38 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Archuleta County |
| Conejos County, CO | 85 km (53 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Conejos County |
| Rio Grande County, CO | 97 km (60 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Rio Grande County |
| Mineral County, CO | 98 km (61 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Los Alamos County, NM | 102 km (64 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.5 17 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
- 2.5 26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
- 2.6 26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
- 3.6 22 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
- 2.9 11 km NNE of Gallina, 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
- 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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