Earthquakes in Mississippi
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Mississippi was M 3.0, 5 km NNE of Magee, Mississippi, at 1:49 pm CDT on 15 March 2025, 10 km deep. 20 people reported feeling it to USGS. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded in Mississippi since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Mississippi in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0
- Last 7 days
- 0
- Last 30 days
- 1 · since 2016, about one every 11 months
- Last 12 months
- 1 · largest M 1.7 on 22 October 2026
- Since 2016
- 12 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 3.7 on 8 January 2019, 8 km WNW of Hollandale, Mississippi
Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Mississippi, where USGS names the state in the location
Earthquakes are rare here
83 earthquakes of M1.5 or larger have been recorded in Mississippi in 10 years, and most weeks have none. There have been none in the last 7 days.
With so few, a QuakeIndex score — this week as a percentile of Mississippi's own weeks — would only say whether anything happened at all, so none is shown. That is a statement about Mississippi, not about our data.
USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.
The last 30 days
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Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes in Mississippi
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Largest on record in and around Mississippi
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.7 | 8 km WNW of Hollandale, Mississippi | |
| M 3.0 | 5 km NNE of Magee, Mississippi | |
| M 2.9 | 11 km E of Pangburn, Arkansas | |
| M 2.8 | Mississippi | |
| M 2.8 | 0 km WSW of Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |
| M 2.6 | 11 km WSW of Union, Alabama | |
| M 2.6 | 16 km W of Union, Alabama | |
| M 2.5 | 1 km W of Belk, Alabama |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Mississippi, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Before 2016: the largest in Mississippi since 1900
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists no earthquake of M5 or more in Mississippi.
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.
Counties in Mississippi
- Adams County
- Alcorn County
- Amite County
- Attala County
- Benton County
- Bolivar County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Claiborne County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Coahoma County
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- DeSoto County
- Forrest County
- Franklin County
- George County
- Greene County
- Grenada County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Itawamba County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Kemper County
- Lafayette County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Leake County
- Lee County
- Leflore County
- Lincoln County
- Lowndes County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Panola County
- Pearl River County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Quitman County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Sharkey County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Stone County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Tunica County
- Union County
- Walthall County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wilkinson County
- Winston County
- Yalobusha County
- Yazoo County
Be ready
Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces