Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2ml
2 km SSE of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Socorro County, 7 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 737 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 33.9644, -106.8725. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro County, NM | 7 km (4 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Socorro County |
| Valencia County, NM | 84 km (52 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Valencia County |
| Sierra County, NM | 98 km (61 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Torrance County, NM | 112 km (69 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Torrance County |
| Cibola County, NM | 148 km (92 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Cibola County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.2 16 km ESE of Magdalena, New Mexico
- 2.5 13 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
- 2.6 10 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
- 2.7 37 km ENE of San Antonio, New Mexico
- 3.5 14 km NW of Alamillo, New Mexico
- 2.1 37 km ENE of San Antonio, 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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