New Mexico earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 15 km W of Eunice, New Mexico

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 15 km W of Eunice, New Mexico on Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 6:53 AM MDT (12:53 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 29 km ENE of Malaga, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-09-16 12:53:27 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.425° N, 103.321° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 since this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.740 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 15 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.040 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 15 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.640 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 13 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 13 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.940 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 12 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.940 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 12 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.929 km ENE of Malaga, New Mexico · 12 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.640 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 11 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.932 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.732 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.632 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 10 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.740 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 9 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.740 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.733 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 8 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 7 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.713 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico · 7 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.133 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 6 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.733 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 6 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.935 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 3 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.539 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 28 hr ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 16 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.740 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 16 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 17 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.740 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.240 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.040 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.140 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.540 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.340 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.140 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.541 km N of Mentone, Texas · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.640 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.040 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.532 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 19 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.432 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 19 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.618 km SW of Jal, New Mexico · 19 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.619 km NNW of Jal, New Mexico · 20 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.716 km WNW of Mentone, Texas · 21 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.616 km NW of Mentone, Texas · 24 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000thtt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:52 AM UTC.