New Mexico earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 38 km SW of Monument, New Mexico

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Monument, New Mexico on Fri, Nov 12, 2021, 9:53 PM MST (04:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 31 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-11-13 04:53:34 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.413° N, 103.592° W
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 2.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.237 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1775 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.937 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1771 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.032 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1771 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.437 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1770 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.254 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.237 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.640 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.936 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.336 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1763 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.036 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1763 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.032 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.546 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.636 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1756 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.136 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1753 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.236 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1753 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.926 km SW of Monument, New Mexico · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.612 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.613 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1740 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.512 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.337 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.748 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1734 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.648 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.647 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 3.531 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.739 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.838 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.640 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.239 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.014 km NNE of Jal, New Mexico · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.031 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1726 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.431 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.136 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1725 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.354 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.236 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1786 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.336 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1787 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.251 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.451 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.051 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.952 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.236 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.636 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1790 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.938 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.352 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.952 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.014 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.137 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.337 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.715 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.937 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1801 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.038 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.038 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.339 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.839 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

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