Not to mention state university boards of trustees. Seems like at least half of 'em are car dealers (and the other half real estate developers).
The magma body is pushing Earth's surface upward at about 3 mm (1/8") per year and swarms of small to moderate earthquakes above the magma body aren't unusual. Most of them are too small for people to feel (although I remember a magnitude 4.5 quake when I was living in Socorro in 1989).
Part of the context for this is the recent Supreme Court approved Rio Grande Compact settlement between New Mexico and Texas, which brings to an end years of disagreement but also means tighter water supplies and likely retirement of some water rights in the Lower Rio Grande valley of New Mexico.
The social compact of Bush's Endless Frontier brought us better health, standard of living, jobs, liberty, and security until Silicon Valley money & influence shifted the balance.
Who actually broke the social compact: scientists or American capital & finance leaders? 🧪
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The New Mexico quakes were above the Socorro magma body, a well-known laterally extensive (3600 sq km, 1300 sq miles) but thin (~100 m, 330 ft) mid-crustal body of 1100° C (2000° F) molten rock about 20 km (12 miles) deep.
geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications...