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Earthquakes in New Mexico

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in New Mexico was M 2.5, 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico, at 7:53 am MST on 11 November 2026, 7 km deep.

In the last 24 hours, 3 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in New Mexico; the largest was M 2.5, 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico, at 7:53 am MST.

Last 24 hours
3
Last 7 days
23
Last 30 days
185 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 85
Last 12 months
2,175 · largest M 4.4 on 6 April 2026
Since 2016
11,209 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 5.4 on 16 November 2022, Coalson Draw, Texas

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in New Mexico, where USGS names the state in the location

55

Typical QuakeIndex 55 / 100

42 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

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M2.4–M3.0), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes in New Mexico

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Largest on record in and around New Mexico

MagnitudeWhenWhere
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.

Before 2016: the largest in New Mexico since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off New Mexico:

  1. 5.8 Near Socorro, New Mexico
  2. 5.8 Near Socorro, New Mexico
  3. 5.5 Near Socorro, New Mexico
  4. 5.3 6 km S of Valdez, Colorado
  5. 5.0 25 km NW of Crownpoint, New Mexico
  6. 5.0 20 km S of Weston, Colorado

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The busiest mapped faults in New Mexico

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and the QuakeIndex catalogue. Every major fault →

The most active counties in New Mexico

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Eddy County 127 Too quiet to score

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in New Mexico with the most earthquakes named after them

Jal 116 M2.5+ named after it · Carlsbad 91 M2.5+ named after it · Loving 70 M2.5+ named after it · Raton 44 M2.5+ named after it · Belen 33 M2.5+ named after it · Atoka 26 M2.5+ named after it · Socorro 17 M2.5+ named after it · Lovington 12 M2.5+ named after it · Hobbs 12 M2.5+ named after it · Eunice 8 M2.5+ named after it · Lordsburg 7 M2.5+ named after it · Grants 6 M2.5+ named after it · Dulce 5 M2.5+ named after it · Los Alamos 4 M2.5+ named after it · Artesia 0 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in New Mexico

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.