M2.0 earthquake 6 km WNW of Frohna, Missouri
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Frohna, Missouri on Mon, Feb 27, 2012, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2012-02-28 02:42:33 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.668° N, 89.681° 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, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.41
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 2.05 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri · 5336 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri · 5336 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri · 5336 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.94 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri · 5336 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 880
- 2.514 km NE of Greenville, Missouri · 5350 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609353. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.