Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
24 km SSW of Atoka, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Eddy County, 20 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 47 days ago
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 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 32.5629, -104.4756. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy County, NM | 20 km (12 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Chaves County, NM | 89 km (55 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Chaves County |
| Lea County, NM | 103 km (64 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Lea County |
| Loving County, TX | 117 km (73 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Otero County, NM | 120 km (74 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Otero County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.4 33 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico
- 2.8 13 km WNW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.5 19 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.7 22 km NNW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.9 5 km SSE of Livingston Wheeler, New Mexico
- 3.1 25 km WNW of La Huerta, New Mexico
- 2.5 26 km SSE of Hope, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2026-04-06 — it released about 500 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.