M2.5 earthquake Arkansas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Arkansas on Tue, Feb 27, 1979, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km ESE of Strawberry, 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
- 2.5 (mlg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-02-27 22:53:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.880° N, 91.290° W
- Region
- Arkansas
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.28 km ESE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.26 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17377 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 2.76 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.38 km ESE of Lynn, Arkansas · 17378 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5Missouri-Arkansas border region · 17390 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas · 17392 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Etowah, Arkansas · 17404 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm600950. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC.