× Epicenter of the January 25, 2022 2.6 magnitude earthquake.
The earthquake epicenter appears to be near the trace of the easternmost fault on this clip of the Lemitar quadrangle mapped by Richard Chamberlin. However, the earthquake was likely due to slip at depth on one of the larger east-down normal faults on the western side of the map. These faults are at the foot of the Lemitar Mountains.
× The earthquake epicenter appears to be near the trace of the easternmost fault on this clip of the Lemitar quadrangle mapped by Richard Chamberlin. However, the earthquake was likely due to slip at depth on one of the larger east-down normal faults on the western side of the map. These faults are at the foot of the Lemitar Mountains.
January 25, 2022
On January 25, 2022 at approximately 2:03 PM local time, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurred just north of Socorro, NM. The earthquake was felt by numerous local residents and was recorded on seismometers operated by the New Mexico Tech Seismological Observatory, which streams real-time data to the web at geoinfo.nmt.edu/nmtso/data.
The epicenter is very close to a down-to-the-west fault mapped by Richard Chamberlin on the Lemitar quadrangle near the Kelly Ranch road and drainage.
