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Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated
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...I don't know. Been there several times and just not thinking it is that close. Never seen a quake there since I have been watching but who knows. This is from 1900 and 2.5 or higher on quakes. [ link to earthquake.usgs.gov] Quoting: WhiteAngel After doing a quick search, it appears that today's earthquake in Raton, New Mexico is just about 20 miles away from the 5.3 that happened in Trinidad, Colorado in 2011. That earthquake happened several hours before the 5.8 in Virginia: [ link to coloradogeologicalsurvey.org] Raton also appears to be a hot spot under the North American plate, along with several others including Yellowstone in Wyoming and Anahim in British Colombia. Long Valley, California is another: [ link to www.worldheritage.org] [ link to www.openhazards.com] Also in New Mexico are the Rio Grande Rift and the Jemez Lineament. Additionally, Raton sits on top of coalbed methane fields. From this link: [ link to profile.usgs.gov (secure)] "deep injection of wastewater from the coal-bed methane field is responsible for inducing the majority of the seismicity since 2001." No, this was further SW of Raton. Not the same area that they have been having a lot of quakes along the NM/CO border. Those quakes are due to major fracking operation in the area. The Cimarron quake from today, is near but not on a fault line and yes, this area is near a volcanic sites. Heck, most of NM is close to a volcano of one form or another. Just saying.... You are right, I just saw that as I was looking back through the emsc site. Sorry about that :) Think I must have seen it was felt in Raton, and somehow got in my head that was the location of the quake. Either way, as you stated most of New Mexico sits near or on a volcano of some sort. Whether linked to fracking or not, I'm a little surprised we don't see more activity in and around New Mexico given all the various geological sites throughout the area on top of the drilling activities. All is good. Was just hoping you would see the rareness of the Cimarron quake, while the Raton area quakes are usual. I too have always been puzzled by the lake of quakes in NM. With all the past volcano activity there and some major fault lines, it would make sense for it to be very active quake wise.
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