M2.0 earthquake 1 km NW of Dell, Arkansas
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Dell, Arkansas on Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 5 km W of Etowah, Arkansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-11-27 10:31:35 UTC
- Depth
- 18.8 km (11.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.862° N, 90.053° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.03 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5410 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15 km W of Etowah, Arkansas · 5407 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5407 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.40 km WSW of Blytheville, Arkansas · 5403 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri · 5400 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.02 km E of Cherry Valley, Arkansas · 5396 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5394 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas · 5386 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri · 5381 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 18
- 1.66 km SSE of Caraway, Arkansas · 5377 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5376 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5365 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.91 km N of Cooter, Missouri · 5362 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5361 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5361 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Marston, Missouri · 5358 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 5354 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 1.84 km E of Steele, Missouri · 5419 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Hayward, Missouri · 5422 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5424 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.72 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas · 5429 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.08 km S of Manila, Arkansas · 5430 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.58 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 5431 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 44
- 1.67 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri · 5433 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.52 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 5436 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.54 km E of Marston, Missouri · 5438 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53 km E of Marston, Missouri · 5438 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Hayward, Missouri · 5443 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609128. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.