New Mexico earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 27 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 27 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado on Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 2:03 AM MDT (08:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado. This one was a foreshock.

Raton forecastMore in New Mexico

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-03-17 08:03:17 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.887° N, 104.828° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
94°
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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.224 km S of Weston, Colorado · 922 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.78 km N of Valdez, Colorado · 919 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.78 km NNE of Weston, Colorado · 904 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.66 km NNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 902 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.925 km S of Weston, Colorado · 900 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.716 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 898 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.76 km N of Hoehne, Colorado · 895 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.521 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 891 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.98 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 889 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.48 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 888 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.58 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 888 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.610 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 888 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.58 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 888 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.18 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 887 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.59 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 887 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 882 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.56 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 878 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.514 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 870 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 1.612 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 929 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.614 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 931 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.911 km SE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 952 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.314 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 955 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2

Earthquakes todayNew Mexico earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbdu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.