Eathquake Shakes Area

You read the headline correctly, we actually felt the effects of a earthquke here in the Moreno Valley, including Angel Fire and Eagle Nest. The quake was centered 36 miles northeast of Cimmarron and measured 3.9 in magnitude on the richter scale. While I did not feel the quake other people in the area did. There were reports of rattling dishes, shaking walls, and rumbling sounds from Angel Fire to Eagle Nest in the early morning hours of July 29.

Earthquakes are not that rare in New Mexico, but the strongest ever recorded was in 1906 in Socorro which was a 6.0 magnitude quake. Most quakes in New Mexico are very minor events, and while not directly attributable to faults they are the result of stretching of the terrain which is indirectly attributable to the fault lines along the west coast. So the next time you feel a shaking here in the Moreno Valley it might not be just the sound of construction on the new Country Club.

Kyle.