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M 4.4mwr

9 km SSW of Atoka, New Mexico

· 5.0 km deep · released about 60 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.4 (mwr)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
171 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Eddy County, 28 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 5 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 171 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,800× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.4 about 60 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× 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 32.6908, -104.4240. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Eddy County, NM 28 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Eddy County
Chaves County, NM 75 km (46 mi) S of here earthquakes near Chaves County
Lea County, NM 95 km (59 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lea County
Loving County, TX 124 km (77 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Loving County
Lincoln County, NM 151 km (94 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

18 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.4 33 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  2. 2.5 19 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
  3. 2.7 22 km NNW of Whites City, New Mexico
  4. 2.9 5 km SSE of Livingston Wheeler, New Mexico
  5. 3.1 25 km WNW of La Huerta, New Mexico
  6. 2.5 26 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  7. 2.6 24 km SSW of Atoka, New Mexico
  8. 2.9 27 km WNW of Whites City, New Mexico
  9. 2.6 28 km SW of Atoka, New Mexico
  10. 3.4 27 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  11. 2.6 28 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  12. 3.1 27 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
  13. 2.9 25 km WNW of Whites City, New Mexico
  14. 2.3 6 km ESE of Livingston Wheeler, New Mexico
  15. 2.6 5 km SSE of Livingston Wheeler, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2024-02-23.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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