M5.2 Earthquake 50km NW of Lordsburg, NM

USGS Earthquake Site ^ | 2014-06-29 04:59:33 UTC | USGS

[SubMareener]

Really strange place for an earthquake. Magnitude is consistent with an underground nuclear test. More at USGS site.

[laplata]

Thanks for the info, bd476.

I remember the Dulce quake of 1966. We were near Abiquiu.

[laplata]

In what area of the state are you?

[leapfrog0202]

That’s where our daughter & son-in-law are. He’s active Air Guard out at Clear. We’re going up the 1st week of December as their 3rd baby is due on Thanksgiving!

[Jet Jaguar]

It’s a wonderful area.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I notice the 4 Corners area is stable, yet with all those gas wells and fracking there you would think it would be a whole lot of shaking going on, that is IF fracking caused earthquakes.

On the other hand, it looks like the Raton area, where there are no gas wells, is all shook up. Maybe it is all those old coal mines collapsing.

[leapfrog0202]

They love it. They’ve been there since Sept. 2004.

[dragnet2]

5.2 is not so big.

It certainly is when you're close to the epicenter...

[Tammy8]

I wish we could get the spelling of Lordsburg fixed in the title, there is no u in Lordsburg.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[machogirl]

There is a volcanic field west/sw of the epicenter.

[machogirl]

seismic fault map of the epicenter and surrounding faults. (they are numbered and not many) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/nm/sil.html

[SubMareener]

I reported this a abuse ;-) and the Admin Monitor fixed it.

[machogirl]

Old Volcanic Field location approx 10-15 miles or so west/sw of epicenter.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/32.607%C2%B0N+109.151%C2%B0W+/32.5,-109.25/@32.482556,-109.3722639,84631m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!4m5!1m3!2m2!1d-109.151!2d32.607!1m0?hl=en

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Heel_volcanic_field

[Jack Hydrazine]

Fracking has been around since around 1947. If they had found a connection between EQs and hydraulic fracturing they would have noticed by now.