The January 4, 1976 earthquake
M5.0near Crownpoint, New Mexico
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 15.5 miles deep, centred in McKinley County. The 5th strongest in New Mexico’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 15.5 mi
- 25.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, January 4, 1976
- 23:23 MST; 06:23 UTC on Jan 5, 1976
- In New Mexico’s record
- 5th
- strongest of 742 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event usp0000e9z (“25 km NW of Crownpoint, New Mexico”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- McKinley CountyNM · inside
- Cibola CountyNM · 37.8 mi
- San Juan CountyNM · 40.9 mi
- Sandoval CountyNM · 41.4 mi
- Rio Arriba CountyNM · 47.7 mi
Cities, largest first
- GallupNM · 32.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
4 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.