Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
46 km SE of Aragon, New Mexico
Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 46 km SE of Aragon, New Mexico, at 7:26 pm MDT on 8 May 2025 (01:26 UTC), 10 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Catron County, 40 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- 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 33.5880, -108.1792. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catron County, NM | 40 km (25 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Catron County |
| Grant County, NM | 97 km (60 mi) | S | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Sierra County, NM | 106 km (66 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Greenlee County, AZ | 106 km (66 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Greenlee County |
| Socorro County, NM | 123 km (76 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Socorro 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.
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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