M1.8 earthquake 11 km SSW of Fowler, Colorado
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Fowler, Colorado on Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:22 PM MDT (18:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 13 km E of Colorado City, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-16 18:22:17 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.031° N, 104.058° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1101 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1101 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.413 km E of Colorado City, Colorado · 1099 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.314 km E of Colorado City, Colorado · 1099 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.214 km E of Colorado City, Colorado · 1098 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Colorado · 1098 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1098 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 1.69 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1098 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Colorado · 1097 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2Colorado · 1095 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1092 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Colorado City, Colorado · 1089 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1084 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1083 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1075 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1072 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 1.67 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1049 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.27 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1105 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.98 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1107 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1107 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.76 km N of Hoehne, Colorado · 1107 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1108 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.116 km WNW of Haswell, Colorado · 1110 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1111 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Walsenburg, Colorado · 1112 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1115 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5Colorado · 1128 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kw7w. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC.