M1.9 earthquake 2 km NW of Steele, Missouri
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Steele, Missouri on Tue, Feb 15, 1983, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, 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
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-02-15 22:55:40 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.101° N, 89.849° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri · 15924 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.811 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 15921 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.811 km SSE of Hayward, Missouri · 15920 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.22 km NW of Caruthersville, Missouri · 15917 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Hayward, Missouri · 15915 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.79 km NE of Garland, Tennessee · 15915 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 15900 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.51 km S of Holland, Missouri · 15894 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.15 km ESE of Wardell, Missouri · 15892 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.83 km SSW of Gosnell, Arkansas · 15881 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 1.53 km ENE of Marston, Missouri · 15928 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Matthews, Missouri · 15928 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75 km S of Holland, Missouri · 15930 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Garland, Tennessee · 15932 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.49 km W of Newbern, Tennessee · 15933 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Gosnell, Arkansas · 15935 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.510 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 15941 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Matthews, Missouri · 15942 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm601908. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.