M1.7 earthquake 8 km SSE of Matthews, Missouri
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Matthews, Missouri on Sat, May 13, 1978, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 0 km S of Cooter, Missouri. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (mlg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-05-13 12:49:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.690° N, 89.540° W
- Region
- Missouri
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.80 km S of Cooter, Missouri · 17660 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17659 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.64 km N of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17659 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Bardwell, Kentucky · 17657 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Malden, Missouri · 17656 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 17655 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.37 km W of Bardwell, Kentucky · 17652 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17652 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97 km W of Bardwell, Kentucky · 17652 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17650 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17646 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.91 km W of Howardville, Missouri · 17643 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17643 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.82 km E of Holland, Missouri · 17639 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.66 km E of Steele, Missouri · 17638 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.64 km E of Marston, Missouri · 17635 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.50 km ENE of Howardville, Missouri · 17634 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.53 km S of Caruthersville, Missouri · 17626 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Cooter, Missouri · 17623 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.60 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 17614 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of New Madrid, Missouri · 17614 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Howardville, Missouri · 17613 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17609 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 17607 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 17607 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Marston, Missouri · 17606 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 1.86 km NW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17666 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.60 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 17669 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 17670 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17675 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.68 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17678 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17678 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Lilbourn, Missouri · 17679 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Steele, Missouri · 17683 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.52 km E of Marston, Missouri · 17684 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17688 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17692 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm600709. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.