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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Los Lunas, NM

No earthquake was likely felt in Los Lunas in the 24 hours to 5:12 am MST (12:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 292 km (182 mi) NNE, at 1:55 am MDT on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Los Lunas

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Los Lunas, NM, at 10:30 am MDT on 9 June 2026 (16:30 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 4 km WSW of Los Lunas, New Mexico

36 km (23 mi) SSW of Albuquerque, NM

10:30 am MDT, Jun 9, 2026 · · 11 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Valencia County 9 kmBernalillo County 30 kmTorrance County 86 kmSocorro County 91 kmSandoval County 99 kmSanta Fe County 109 kmCibola County 111 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
10:30 am MDT on 9 June 2026 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Los Lunas, NM · earthquakes near Los Lunas
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Valencia County, 9 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Hubbell Spring fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 88 days ago

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 35 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Lunas, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Belen 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 34.7961, -106.7821. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Valencia County, NM 9 km (6 mi) SSW earthquakes near Valencia County
Bernalillo County, NM 30 km (19 mi) NNE earthquakes near Bernalillo County
Torrance County, NM 86 km (53 mi) ESE earthquakes near Torrance County
Socorro County, NM 91 km (56 mi) S earthquakes near Socorro County
Sandoval County, NM 99 km (62 mi) N earthquakes near Sandoval County
Santa Fe County, NM 109 km (68 mi) NE earthquakes near Santa Fe County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 2 km NNW of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  2. 3.0 16 km WSW of Pueblitos, New Mexico
  3. 3.0 15 km WSW of Pueblitos, New Mexico
  4. 2.8 15 km W of Pueblitos, New Mexico
  5. 2.6 7 km WNW of Veguita, New Mexico
  6. 3.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  7. 2.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  8. 2.7 14 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  9. 3.7 6 km WNW of Veguita, New Mexico
  10. 3.2 6 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  11. 2.9 3 km NNE of Abeytas, New Mexico
  12. 3.6 2 km WNW of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  13. 3.9 7 km NNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  14. 2.7 11 km ESE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  15. 3.1 5 km ESE of Las Nutrias, 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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