M1.9 earthquake southeastern Missouri
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in southeastern Missouri on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 7 km ENE of Ravenden Springs, Arkansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-06-30 05:16:41 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.562° N, 90.741° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.25 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas · 5193 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.06 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5186 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri · 5182 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 5178 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Holland, Missouri · 5165 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Ravenden Springs, Arkansas · 5159 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 1.82 km NW of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas · 5146 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609463. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC.