M3.0 earthquake 8 km WSW of Canton, Mississippi
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Canton, Mississippi on Sat, May 2, 2015, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km SSW of Canton, Mississippi. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-03 01:08:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.579° N, 90.114° W
- Region
- Mississippi
- Felt reports
- 81
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
81 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 71
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
Earthquakes todayMississippi earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ax8 (also filed as nm60099746). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.