New Mexico earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake New Mexico

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in New Mexico on Wed, May 24, 2023, 7:11 AM MDT (13:11 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 10 km SW of Weston, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-05-24 13:11:51 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.856° N, 104.815° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 1.613 km SW of Weston, Colorado · 1210 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.110 km SW of Weston, Colorado · 1210 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.37 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1209 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.26 km NW of El Moro, Colorado · 1209 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 26
  5. 2.88 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1208 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  6. 1.532 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1205 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.930 km S of Sequndo, Colorado · 1205 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.715 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1205 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.621 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1204 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.716 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1202 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.516 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1202 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.38 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1201 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.611 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1199 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 3.47 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 16
  15. 4.1Colorado · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 56
  16. 1.87 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1191 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.621 km ENE of Lynn, Colorado · 1191 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.98 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1190 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.1Colorado · 1190 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.812 km SW of Weston, Colorado · 1184 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.725 km NNE of Ute Park, New Mexico · 1181 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.66 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1181 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.4Colorado · 1181 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.77 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1179 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.715 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1178 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 1.69 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1177 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.07 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1175 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 1.75 km ENE of El Moro, Colorado · 1175 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.92 km S of Valdez, Colorado · 1170 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.625 km WSW of Raton, New Mexico · 1164 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 2.616 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 1219 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.5New Mexico · 1219 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.17 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1219 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.510 km NNE of Weston, Colorado · 1220 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.731 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1222 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.818 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1224 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.115 km SW of Weston, Colorado · 1227 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.57 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 1231 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.38 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1232 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.78 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1232 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.17 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1233 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.68 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1233 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.67 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1234 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.56 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1236 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.324 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1236 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.024 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1238 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 3.48 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1238 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
  18. 3.333 km WSW of Raton, New Mexico · 1239 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.527 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1241 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.77 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 1242 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k3g8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.