Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8ml
15 km W of Pueblitos, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Valencia County, 16 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 28 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 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 34.6299, -106.9460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia County, NM | 16 km (10 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Valencia County |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 53 km (33 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Bernalillo County |
| Socorro County, NM | 71 km (44 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Socorro County |
| Torrance County, NM | 97 km (60 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Torrance County |
| Cibola County, NM | 101 km (63 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Cibola County |
| Sandoval County, NM | 117 km (73 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Sandoval County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 2 km NNW of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
- 3.0 16 km WSW of Pueblitos, New Mexico
- 3.0 15 km WSW of Pueblitos, 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.
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
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