Arkansas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 2 km ENE of Greenbrier, Arkansas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Greenbrier, Arkansas on Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 2 km ENE of Greenbrier, Arkansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2011-03-22 21:04:13 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.238° N, 92.363° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.46
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 172.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm608720. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.