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Socorro area, New Mexico
1906 11 15 12:15 UTC
Intensity VII
Largest Earthquake in New Mexico
This earthquake, which increased the property damage already sustained at Socorro, was described as the most severe shock of the year. Four rebuilt chimneys were shaken off the Socorro County Courthouse, and two others were cracked severely. Plaster fell at the courthouse, and a cornice on the northwest corner of the two-story adobe Masonic Temple was thrown onto its first floor. Several bricks fell from the front gable on one house. Plaster was shaken from walls in Santa Fe, about 200 kilometers from the epicenter. Felt over most of New Mexico and in parts of Arizona and Texas.
I ran across a map and info showing the earthquake zones in the US and their potential for severity and was surprised to see a portion of NM, including the ABQ area, in a distinct earthquake risk area. While it wasn't rated as potentially severe as the San Andreas fault, say, the map indicated a definite potential for earthquake activity higher than many other areas of the country. I wasn't aware that ABQ was prone to earthquakes. Any tremors recently? What do the locals say about earthquake risk in ABQ?
I've never heard anyone even talk about earthquakes and ABQ in the same sentence, I bet if you asked locals 8 out of 10 would probably tell you that earthquakes dont hit ABQ.
I know it could based from some link I read on this forum a while back but I think most have no idea
I ran across a map and info showing the earthquake zones in the US and their potential for severity and was surprised to see a portion of NM, including the ABQ area, in a distinct earthquake risk area. While it wasn't rated as potentially severe as the San Andreas fault, say, the map indicated a definite potential for earthquake activity higher than many other areas of the country. I wasn't aware that ABQ was prone to earthquakes. Any tremors recently? What do the locals say about earthquake risk in ABQ?
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Originally Posted by Poncho_NM
I have been here 10 years and have not felt an earthquake. There have been some in New Mexico.
I'm moving this response to the thread with lots of information already in it - popping it on top of the redundant thread just started.
In looking at my earlier post, I just noticed that the greatest quake in NM occurred about 7 months after the Great San Francisco Quake of Wednesday, April 18, 1906.
Poncho_NM - you may not have "felt" an earthquake, but it doesn't mean your dog or cat didn't notice one ( if you have an aminal ).
It's amusing to listen to Californians tell you that people are sissies for worrying about earthquakes because the earth "doesn't open up and swallow you" and "houses don't crumble down on you" - stuff like that.
It's like saying "it's windy, but it's not like it could pick up your car and slam it down" ... in Wichita.
Well, if my insurance is anything to go by, we must not be in a high risk area because the premium for earthquake coverage on my policy is significantly less than the hurricane coverage was in FL
As reported by KOB: www.KOB.com - Minor earthquake shakes central New Mexico (http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/S1034182.shtml?cat=516 - broken link)
This early Morning... 7.17.09
Minor earthquake shakes central New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A minor earthquake with a 3.0 magnitude has rattled a rural area of central New Mexico.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor struck Thursday night about 20 miles north of the village of Paguate. No one reported damage or feeling the quake on the survey's Web site.
The earthquake's center was about 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque.
A quake of a magnitude 2.5 to 3 is the smallest generally felt by people.
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Not to make lightly of this occurrence, but it makes me think of Carol King's 'I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet'..
Soooo.. did anyone feel a little bump in the night? (keep'n it clean..)
Skysz....
Didn't feel a thing. I think a little 3.0 wouldn't be felt this far away in Abq.
Man I miss those California shakers...
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