Missouri earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri on Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 8 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
NM
Local time
UTC
2011-10-11 04:23:36 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.533° N, 89.645° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.913 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5467 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.01 km WNW of Howardville, Missouri · 5467 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.96 km ENE of Etowah, Arkansas · 5466 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.52 km NE of Marston, Missouri · 5459 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.52 km NNE of Marston, Missouri · 5458 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.62 km NE of Marston, Missouri · 5457 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.66 km ENE of Hayward, Missouri · 5451 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.53 km E of Marston, Missouri · 5447 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.54 km E of Marston, Missouri · 5447 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.52 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 5445 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.67 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri · 5442 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.58 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 5440 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 44
  13. 2.08 km S of Manila, Arkansas · 5438 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.72 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas · 5437 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.57 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5433 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.69 km ESE of Hayward, Missouri · 5431 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.78 km N of New Madrid, Missouri · 5429 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.84 km E of Steele, Missouri · 5428 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.01 km NW of Dell, Arkansas · 5422 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.03 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5419 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 1.53 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5415 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.40 km WSW of Blytheville, Arkansas · 5412 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.68 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5472 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.511 km N of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5473 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.54 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5478 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.93 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5478 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.45 km W of Dell, Arkansas · 5482 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.76 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas · 5483 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.87 km SSE of Marston, Missouri · 5487 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.04 km E of Steele, Missouri · 5488 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.510 km SSE of New Madrid, Missouri · 5488 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.44 km ENE of Marston, Missouri · 5489 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 13

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609047. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC.