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M 2.8ml

Earthquake near Socorro, NM

USGS: 40 km E of Socorro, New Mexico

3:36 pm MDT, Jul 13, 2020 · · 8.0 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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When
3:36 pm MDT on 13 July 2020 ()
Where
40 km (25 mi) E of Socorro, NM · earthquakes near Socorro
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Socorro County, 46 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2204 days ago

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) E of Socorro, NM, at 3:36 pm MDT on 13 July 2020 (21:36 UTC). 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 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 34.0884, -106.4555. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Socorro County, NM 46 km (28 mi) WSW earthquakes near Socorro County
Torrance County, NM 73 km (46 mi) NE earthquakes near Torrance County
Valencia County, NM 77 km (48 mi) NNW earthquakes near Valencia County
Lincoln County, NM 101 km (62 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Bernalillo County, NM 109 km (68 mi) N earthquakes near Bernalillo County
Sierra County, NM 127 km (79 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sierra 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. 2.6 15 km E of Socorro, New Mexico
  2. 2.7 11 km ESE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  3. 3.1 5 km ESE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  4. 3.3 2 km SSE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  5. 2.9 3 km SE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  6. 2.7 37 km ENE of San Antonio, New Mexico
  7. 2.1 37 km ENE of San Antonio, New Mexico
  8. 2.2 2 km SSE of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
  9. 2.6 4 km W of Lemitar, New Mexico
  10. 3.1 5 km ENE of La Joya, New Mexico
  11. 2.2 New Mexico
  12. 3.3 4 km SSW of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
  13. 3.4 5 km SW of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
  14. 2.6 3 km SW of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
  15. 2.9 4 km S of Abeytas, 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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