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A strong earthquake first reported as a 4.7 but upgraded to a 5.3 is reportedly centered in rural, far-west Texas shook portions of southeast New Mexico Saturday night at 7:47 pm. I was felt by many in Alamogordo with glasses shaking but no damage.
The magnitude 5.3 tremor was reported at about 7:47 p. m. by the U.S. Geological Survey south of Carlsbad.
Reports were made to the Geological Survey of light to moderate shaking felt throughout the area, as far east as San Angelo, Texas and as far west as Las Cruces and certainly in Alamogordo.
Magnitude 5 earthquakes are often felt as mild shaking, and can cause some property damage, equating to the disturbance of an average tornado, according to a scale published by the Geological Survey. There are about 1,500 earthquakes of such magnitude annually across the world.
No damage in the Carlsbad nor Teas area was reported.
The shaking was also felt just over the border in El Paso, Texas, according to the National Weather Service’s El Paso office as reported via X.
Saturday night’s quake was the 2nd largest reported in the Permian Basin area in the last year, amid a recent uptick in shaking throughout the region. The area saw 423 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater since January 2024, mostly clustered around the border between southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Since the area began seeing increased seismicity, some have connected the events to increase oil and gas operations in the area, specifically wastewater disposal wells which pump oilfield fluids underground, potentially pressurizing normally inactive underground rock formations.
Operators in the region began working to distribute the fluids away from areas of seismic activity and treat and reuse more water, while regulators in New Mexico and Texas took steps to reduce injection volumes permitted near the epicenters of the quakes
After reading all 27 pages of HB20, I wouldn't race to join the board, or apply for a grant.
There is almost no emphasis on helping tech startups, and what little there is, is primarily aimed at green energy initiatives that would create very few jobs.
Sunny, with a high of 96 and low of 63 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear overnight.
385 more court cases added this week to an already over-burdened system.
This is part of a right wing conspiracy to keep moderate voices off the air.
Get well soon Anthony.
fascinating, i had no idea that diabetes was part of a conspiracy.
Many states including New Mexico have discouraged their residents from obtaining a Real ID by charging substantially more than a "Standard ID".
New Mexico charges an additional $18 for a Real ID, doubling the cost of a license or ID here.
Other states charge up to $90 or more for a Real ID.
question for you - do you know when the requirement for "real id" came about?
2005 was when the dept of homeland security was established - right in the middle of the bush/cheney regime....we took a giant step toward becoming a police state - and dear leader is working towards even more "big brother".
The dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002, and became active in 2003. The requirement for Real ID was started in 2005.
Way to go MLG!!
You've secured 2 hundredths of 1% of the $10 trillion in foreign investment announced so far in the last few weeks.
What would we do without leadership like this?
at least she's facilitating foreign investments, while our Dear Leader is telling our trading partners and allies to take a hike.
You confuse me.
You say she's facilitating foreign investment, but then say "Our dear leader is telling partners and allies to take a hike" which could only refer to her. Because as I stated in my previous post, Trump has negotiated $10 trillion in investments from our partners and allies so far.
So MLG says the root problem is loneliness.
What has she and her party done to help?
Ive always leaned liberal and progressive, but hold to my Independent voter status. I have become extremely disenchanted with Gov Grisham over time. While I won't speak from any political position here, I have to agree with Commissioner Barelas comments about our Govs claims not matching with her actions. Also, I