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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Trinidad, CO
No earthquake was likely felt in Trinidad in the 24 hours to 8:27 am MST (15:27 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 45 km (28 mi) WSW, at 3:34 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Trinidad
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) north of Trinidad, CO, at 11:08 am MDT on 1 May 2024 (17:08 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 9 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado
- When
- 11:08 am MDT on 1 May 2024 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) north of Trinidad, CO · earthquakes near Trinidad
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Las Animas County, 40 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 849 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Trinidad, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2023-03-10 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 6 km S of Valdez, Colorado · 32 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.0 20 km S of Weston, Colorado · 50 km SW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.3026, -104.4962. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Animas County, CO | 40 km (25 mi) | E | earthquakes near Las Animas County |
| Huerfano County, CO | 59 km (37 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Huerfano County |
| Colfax County, NM | 78 km (48 mi) | S | earthquakes near Colfax County |
| Costilla County, CO | 83 km (51 mi) | W | earthquakes near Costilla County |
| Otero County, CO | 94 km (58 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Otero County |
| Pueblo County, CO | 96 km (59 mi) | N | earthquakes near Pueblo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 37 km NE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 1.5 41 km NE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 2.1 38 km NNE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 1.7 36 km NNE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 2.8 18 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 1.5 15 km SSW of Weston, Colorado
- 2.2 37 km NNE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 1.7 39 km NNE of Hoehne, Colorado
- 1.9 17 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 2.3 17 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 1.6 18 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 1.7 17 km W of Aguilar, Colorado
- 1.7 17 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 1.9 17 km S of Weston, Colorado
- 2.6 18 km S of Weston, Colorado
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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