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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6mb_lg

29 km SW of Tucumcari, New Mexico

· 14 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Quay County 39 kmCurry County 72 kmGuadalupe County 77 kmDe Baca County 79 kmSan Miguel County 95 kmHarding County 98 kmRoosevelt County 115 kmParmer County 118 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Quay County, 39 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 630 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 34.9831, -103.9537. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Quay County, NM 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Quay County
Curry County, NM 72 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Curry County
Guadalupe County, NM 77 km (48 mi) E of here earthquakes near Guadalupe County
De Baca County, NM 79 km (49 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near De Baca County
San Miguel County, NM 95 km (59 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Miguel County
Harding County, NM 98 km (61 mi) S of here earthquakes near Harding County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 16 km NE of House, New Mexico
  2. 3.0 22 km S of Newkirk, 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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