A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was registered about 2 miles outside of Capulin Peak on Monday morning, July 12, 2021. It was followed by a M3.7 tremor half an hour later…
The map below shows the epicenter of the m4.2 earthquake that hit 3 km E of Capulin, New Mexico at 9:33 AM local time (15:33 UTC) on July 12, 2021.
Tremors were felt and reported across northern New Mexico by more than 300 people on the USGS homepage.
The second earthquake hit only 30 minutes later (10:06 AM local time or 16:06 UTC) at approximately the same location.
Capulin Volcano is part of the 8,000 square mile Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field which contains at least 100 recognizable volcanoes and showcases the volcanic geology of northeastern New Mexico.
The 8,182-foot-high cinder cone volcano erupted 56,000 ± 8000 years ago… The crater rim is about a mile in circumference and the crater about 400 feet deep.
As shown on the map above, two other quakes (M2.7 and M3.0) hit 3-4 km NNE of Capulin, New Mexico on the same day…
Some other tremors were also reported end of April 2021 in the same area… If we take all these larger earthquakes (>M2.5) into account – and the hundreds of tiny quakes – it seems evident that the area is heating up… Is the volcanic activity in the northern part of New Mexico shifting from extinct to dormant? Time will tell…
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