Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near New Castle, CO

M 2.5

Latest: 8:57 am MDT on 21 October 2025 · 22 km (14 mi) NNW of New Castle, CO

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near New Castle was M 2.5, 22 km (14 mi) NNW of New Castle, CO, at 8:57 am MDT on 21 October 2025. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 20 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 2
Largest since 2016: M 3.6 on 11 December 2018, 15 km (10 mi) E of New Castle, CO
Reported felt: 12 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 22 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 7 minutes ago · this page 01:02 UTC

The latest 20

2.1 9 km (6 mi) NE of New Castle, CO Nov 18, 2025
8:41 am MST
2.5 22 km (14 mi) NNW of New Castle, CO Oct 21, 2025
8:57 am MDT
2.9 13 km (8 mi) ENE of New Castle, CO · felt by 32 Oct 18, 2024
6:44 am MDT
2.5 9 km (6 mi) NE of New Castle, CO · felt by 2 Jul 15, 2023
5:16 pm MDT
2.6 8 km (5 mi) NE of New Castle, CO · felt by 3 Jan 6, 2023
10:00 am MST
2.9 9 km (5 mi) NNE of New Castle, CO · felt by 26 Oct 17, 2022
2:16 pm MDT
2.1 9 km (6 mi) NNE of New Castle, CO Oct 14, 2022
8:59 pm MDT
2.4 23 km (14 mi) NNE of New Castle, CO Nov 24, 2020
10:21 am MST
1.8 17 km (10 mi) E of New Castle, CO Feb 1, 2019
2:06 am MST
2.0 18 km (11 mi) E of New Castle, CO Feb 1, 2019
1:59 am MST
3.1 16 km (10 mi) E of New Castle, CO · felt by 86 Feb 1, 2019
1:58 am MST
2.2 14 km (9 mi) ENE of New Castle, CO · felt by 2 Jan 31, 2019
3:12 am MST
2.5 16 km (10 mi) ENE of New Castle, CO · felt by 5 Dec 14, 2018
4:35 pm MST
3.2 17 km (10 mi) E of New Castle, CO · felt by 5 Dec 11, 2018
4:15 am MST
3.6 15 km (10 mi) E of New Castle, CO · felt by 139 Dec 11, 2018
4:13 am MST
3.4 18 km (11 mi) ENE of New Castle, CO · felt by 34 Dec 11, 2018
3:02 am MST
2.5 18 km (11 mi) ENE of New Castle, CO Nov 27, 2018
2:50 am MST
3.3 6 km (3 mi) SW of New Castle, CO · felt by 9 Jan 30, 2017
1:46 pm MST
2.9 4 km (2 mi) SW of New Castle, CO · felt by 6 Dec 25, 2016
11:14 pm MST
2.1 4 km (2 mi) WSW of New Castle, CO Oct 23, 2016
7:04 am MDT

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are New Castle time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after New Castle are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is New Castle; dots are the 20 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of New Castle.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearby towns

Glenwood Springs 18 km · Rifle 22 km · Carbondale 34 km

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