M2.9 earthquake 26 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Monument, New Mexico on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 1:39 PM MST (20:39 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 31 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-14 20:39:53 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.460° N, 103.463° W
- Region
- New Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 76
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.612 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1741 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.531 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.014 km NNE of Jal, New Mexico · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.427 km S of Malaga, New Mexico · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.415 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1705 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.537 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1702 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.137 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1702 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gc94. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.