Missouri earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km WNW of Marston, Missouri

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Marston, Missouri on Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 7 km ESE of New Madrid, Missouri. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2012-07-24 10:16:30 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.536° N, 89.654° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.97 km ESE of New Madrid, Missouri · 5172 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.65 km S of New Madrid, Missouri · 5169 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.59 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5166 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.97 km SSW of Holland, Missouri · 5161 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.87 km SSE of Matthews, Missouri · 5157 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.00 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri · 5156 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.24 km ENE of Marston, Missouri · 5156 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.17 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5155 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.64 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5146 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.81 km SE of Caruthersville, Missouri · 5145 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.76 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 5144 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.26 km NNW of Burdette, Arkansas · 5143 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.58 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5140 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.66 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 5132 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 13
  15. 1.68 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5132 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.47 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 5128 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.38 km N of New Madrid, Missouri · 5126 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.14 km W of Risco, Missouri · 5125 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.94 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5124 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.60 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5123 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.02 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 5121 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.04 km SSE of Jackson, Missouri · 5120 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.32 km N of Marston, Missouri · 5117 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 1.74 km SE of Howardville, Missouri · 5176 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.73 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri · 5177 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.7southeastern Missouri · 5178 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.55 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri · 5178 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.07 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 5182 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.06 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5182 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.94 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5185 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.25 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas · 5189 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.77 km SE of Marston, Missouri · 5192 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.54 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5194 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.26 km S of New Madrid, Missouri · 5197 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.93 km SSE of Mill Creek, Illinois · 5197 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.9southeastern Missouri · 5198 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.52 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 5198 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.07 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 5199 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609488. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.