M2.7 earthquake southeastern Missouri
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in southeastern Missouri on Tue, Apr 4, 1978, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km N of Blytheville, Arkansas. 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
- 2.7 (mlg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-04-04 19:16:14 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.040° N, 89.830° 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.75 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17710 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.84 km N of Blytheville, Arkansas · 17710 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.53 km E of Marston, Missouri · 17706 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17700 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17696 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.52 km E of Marston, Missouri · 17692 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Steele, Missouri · 17691 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Lilbourn, Missouri · 17687 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17687 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17686 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17683 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 17678 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.60 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 17677 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17674 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Matthews, Missouri · 17672 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.80 km S of Cooter, Missouri · 17668 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.64 km N of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17667 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Malden, Missouri · 17664 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 17663 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17660 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 17658 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 17654 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.91 km W of Howardville, Missouri · 17652 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17651 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 3.0southeastern Missouri · 17713 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.86 km S of Clinton, Kentucky · 17713 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Howardville, Missouri · 17714 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Parma, Missouri · 17716 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Marston, Missouri · 17716 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.61 km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 17716 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Holland, Missouri · 17722 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas · 17729 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 17729 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri · 17733 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri · 17737 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm600687. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.