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M 3.5ml
Earthquake near Jemez Pueblo, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Jemez Pueblo in the 24 hours to 7:41 am MST (14:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 225 km (140 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 Jemez Pueblo
This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) north-northwest of Jemez Pueblo, NM, at 4:48 pm MST on 20 December 2023 (23:48 UTC), 11 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 9 km E of Cuba, New Mexico
- When
- 4:48 pm MST on 20 December 2023 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) north-northwest of Jemez Pueblo, NM · earthquakes near Jemez Pueblo
- Magnitude
- M 3.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Sandoval County, 37 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 988 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 63 km (39 mi) from the epicentre. In Jemez Pueblo, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2021-07-12 — about 11 times the energy of this one.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.0170, -106.8525. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoval County, NM | 37 km (23 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
| Los Alamos County, NM | 52 km (32 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Alamos County |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | 57 km (35 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Rio Arriba County |
| Santa Fe County, NM | 98 km (61 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Santa Fe County |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 108 km (67 mi) | S | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Taos County, NM | 125 km (78 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Taos 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.
- 3.3 13 km NNW of La Cueva, New Mexico
- 2.9 11 km NNE of Gallina, New Mexico
- 2.9 28 km NNW of Regina, New Mexico
- 2.9 7 km ENE of Capulin, New Mexico
- 2.8 7 km ESE of Cuba, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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