Arkansas earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km WSW of Mountain View, Arkansas

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Mountain View, Arkansas on Thu, May 24, 2012, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 11 km NNW of Quitman, Arkansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
NM
Local time
UTC
2012-05-24 11:54:27 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.855° N, 92.191° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km ENE of Diamond City, Arkansas · 5229 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.27 km WSW of Rose Bud, Arkansas · 5227 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.27 km NW of Mount Vernon, Arkansas · 5225 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.18 km NW of Mount Vernon, Arkansas · 5225 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.63 km WNW of Lynn, Arkansas · 5224 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.86 km NW of Strawberry, Arkansas · 5221 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.711 km NNW of Quitman, Arkansas · 5212 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.36 km N of Damascus, Arkansas · 5206 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.78 km E of Concord, Arkansas · 5206 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.3Arkansas · 5197 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.29 km SW of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5196 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.911 km SW of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5194 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.54 km SE of Rose Bud, Arkansas · 5258 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  2. 1.810 km S of Clinton, Arkansas · 5259 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.49 km N of Quitman, Arkansas · 5262 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.93 km S of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5262 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.83 km S of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5262 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.05 km NNE of Damascus, Arkansas · 5267 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.14 km S of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5271 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.84 km SSW of Center Ridge, Arkansas · 5271 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609420. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.