M1.5 earthquake 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri on Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 7 km SW of Trumann, Arkansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- NM
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-06-13 01:23:45 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.096° N, 89.764° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.61 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri · 4860 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.60 km ESE of Howardville, Missouri · 4858 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km S of Bertrand, Missouri · 4858 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 4842 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Howardville, Missouri · 4841 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 4841 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 4838 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.37 km NNW of Columbus, Kentucky · 4835 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 4832 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Trumann, Arkansas · 4827 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 22
- 2.47 km SW of Trumann, Arkansas · 4827 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Hayward, Missouri · 4825 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Howardville, Missouri · 4825 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.62 km E of Marston, Missouri · 4817 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Howardville, Missouri · 4815 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.26 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 4813 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.31 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri · 4812 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.28 km S of Hornbeak, Tennessee · 4812 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.52 km W of Risco, Missouri · 4809 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km NE of North Lilbourn, Missouri · 4805 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.87 km S of Hornbeak, Tennessee · 4805 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 10
- 2.80 km NW of Cooter, Missouri · 4804 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 4802 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 4802 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 2.14 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri · 4871 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.98 km N of New Madrid, Missouri · 4879 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.73 km NE of North Lilbourn, Missouri · 4880 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Tiptonville, TN · 4885 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas · 4886 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Trumann, Arkansas · 4892 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm609960 (also filed as nm061313c). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.