New Mexico earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 24 km S of Weston, Colorado

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 24 km S of Weston, Colorado on Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-22 01:03:08 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.912° N, 104.858° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km N of Valdez, Colorado · 920 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.78 km NNE of Weston, Colorado · 906 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.66 km NNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 903 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.925 km S of Weston, Colorado · 901 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.716 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 900 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.76 km N of Hoehne, Colorado · 896 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.521 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 892 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.98 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 890 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.48 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 889 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.58 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 889 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.610 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado · 889 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.58 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 889 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.18 km N of El Moro, Colorado · 888 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.59 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 888 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.69 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 883 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.56 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado · 880 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.514 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 871 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.316 km SSW of Weston, Colorado · 868 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.525 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 868 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.716 km S of Weston, Colorado · 865 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 1.527 km SSW of Segundo, Colorado · 928 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.612 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 930 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.614 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 932 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.911 km SE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado · 953 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mkdu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC.