New Mexico earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 34 km NNE of Cimarron, New Mexico

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 34 km NNE of Cimarron, New Mexico on Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 11:12 AM MDT (17:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 16 km SW of Weston, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-10-27 17:12:59 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.810° N, 104.822° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.016 km SW of Weston, Colorado · 1059 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.017 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1055 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.618 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1055 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.126 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1050 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.026 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1050 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.825 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1050 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.126 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1050 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.67 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1049 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.032 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1041 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.79 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1034 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.713 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1034 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.515 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 1032 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.814 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1031 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.313 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1031 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.526 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1020 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNW of Segundo, Colorado · 1019 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.79 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1019 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.528 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1016 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.211 km NNE of Weston, Colorado · 1015 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.66 km NW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1011 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 3.831 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1009 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 2.89 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1072 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.711 km NE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1075 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.76 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1076 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.513 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1076 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.515 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 1081 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.710 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1084 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.711 km SSE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1084 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.923 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1086 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.612 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1087 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpv4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC.