WHILE THE SOUTHWEST EXPERIENCES EARTHQUAKES, THEY GENERALLY ARE PRETTY MILD. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, HOWEVER, WITH ONE THAT STRUCK ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER ON JUNE 28TH … PRODUCING A 3-POINT-6 MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK ON WEDNESDAY THAT WAS ONLY 26 MILES FROM LORDSBURG.
SUSAN BILEK WITH NEW MEXICO TECH TELLS US THE 5-POINT-2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE THAT RATTLED THE AREA IN LATE JUNE IS PRETTY RARE. SHE SAYS THE AREA HASN'T SEEN AN EARTHQUAKE LARGER THAN 3-POINT-9 IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, SO THE 5-POINT-2 IS CONSIDERED LARGE FOR THE SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER, BILEK ALSO SAYS IT'S NOT CONSIDERED UNUSUAL.
BILEK SAYS THE JUNE 28TH EARTHQUAKE COULD TRIGGER AFTERSHOCKS IN THE AREA FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
