M2.0 earthquake 13 km NNE of Damascus, Arkansas
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Damascus, Arkansas on Tue, Aug 7, 2012, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 0 km NE of Greenbrier, 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- NM
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-08-07 14:33:04 UTC
- Depth
- 0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.472° N, 92.333° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 14
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.311 km SSW of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas · 5166 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.30 km NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas · 5160 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 34
- 1.51 km ESE of Greenbrier, Arkansas · 5160 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas · 5160 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0Arkansas · 5159 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.51 km E of Greenbrier, Arkansas · 5159 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.91 km ENE of Greenbrier, Arkansas · 5159 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas · 5154 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.35 km SE of Quitman, Arkansas · 5151 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.81 km SSE of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas · 5148 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 1.912 km NNE of Damascus, Arkansas · 5172 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5174 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5198 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5200 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3Arkansas · 5200 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609500. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.