New Mexico earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 26 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado on Thu, Dec 7, 2023, 6:15 PM MST (01:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 31 km S of Segundo, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-08 01:15:54 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.889° N, 104.824° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
7

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km NNW of Segundo, Colorado · 1023 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.79 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 1023 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.528 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1020 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.211 km NNE of Weston, Colorado · 1019 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.66 km NW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1015 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.831 km S of Segundo, Colorado · 1013 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.527 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 997 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.51 km S of El Moro, Colorado · 985 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.07 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 971 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.78 km N of Segundo, Colorado · 970 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 2.313 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1035 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.814 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1035 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.515 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 1036 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.713 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1037 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.79 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 1038 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.032 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1045 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.67 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 1053 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.126 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1053 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.825 km S of Weston, Colorado · 1054 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.026 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 1054 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m17e. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC.