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M 3.9mb

7 km NNW of Abeytas, New Mexico

· 9.8 km deep · released about 11 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Valencia County 22 kmSocorro County 60 kmBernalillo County 61 kmTorrance County 88 kmCibola County 114 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 3.9 (mb)
Depth
9.8 km below the surface
Felt
18 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Valencia County, 22 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 26 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 18 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.9 about 11 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 22× more

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 34.5256, -106.8476. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Valencia County, NM 22 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Valencia County
Socorro County, NM 60 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Socorro County
Bernalillo County, NM 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Bernalillo County
Torrance County, NM 88 km (55 mi) W of here earthquakes near Torrance County
Cibola County, NM 114 km (71 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cibola County
Santa Fe County, NM 136 km (85 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Santa Fe County

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

Aftershocks so far

12 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

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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