Colorado earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Colorado

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Colorado on Sun, Dec 25, 2022, 11:01 AM MST (18:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km NNW of Trinidad, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-25 18:01:22 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.648° N, 105.479° W
Region
Colorado
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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.520 km N of Blanca, Colorado · 1376 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.69 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1365 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.726 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1358 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.5Colorado · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.67 km WNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1340 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.66 km W of El Moro, Colorado · 1340 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.75 km WNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1340 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.16 km NNW of Trinidad, Colorado · 1339 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 30
  9. 2.125 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1323 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.46 km W of El Moro, Colorado · 1322 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.526 km N of Fort Garland, Colorado · 1377 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.522 km N of Blanca, Colorado · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.86 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1397 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.123 km N of Blanca, Colorado · 1397 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jjfy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:21 AM UTC.