New Mexico earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake New Mexico

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in New Mexico on Sat, Sep 3, 2022, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-03 09:53:42 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.220° N, 103.401° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 171.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i4wr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC.