Earthquakes in New Mexico
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47 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in New Mexico. Normal for here is 2 to 69 in a week.
Compared against New Mexico's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
The last 30 days
Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes in New Mexico
2 in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.
Source USGS · snapshot of
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Centre 34.771, -106.677 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured across a rectangle drawn around the state, so a few earthquakes just over its border are counted too.
Largest on record in and around New Mexico
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 5.4 | Coalson Draw, Texas | |
| M 5.4 | 59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico | |
| M 5.2 | Coalson Draw, Texas | |
| M 5.0 | 53 km NW of Toyah, Texas | |
| M 5.0 | 41 km W of Mentone, Texas | |
| M 4.9 | 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico | |
| M 4.7 | 34 km WSW of Mentone, Texas | |
| M 4.7 | 52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around New Mexico, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Counties in New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- Catron County
- Chaves County
- Cibola County
- Colfax County
- Curry County
- De Baca County
- Doña Ana County
- Eddy County
- Grant County
- Guadalupe County
- Harding County
- Hidalgo County
- Lea County
- Lincoln County
- Los Alamos County
- Luna County
- McKinley County
- Mora County
- Otero County
- Quay County
- Rio Arriba County
- Roosevelt County
- San Juan County
- San Miguel County
- Sandoval County
- Santa Fe County
- Sierra County
- Socorro County
- Taos County
- Torrance County
- Union County
- Valencia County
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app