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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Dexter, MO

No earthquake was likely felt in Dexter in the 24 hours to 8:41 am CST (14:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 22 km (14 mi) SSE, at 10:57 pm CDT on 6 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 2.6

Latest: 11:23 am CDT on 1 November 2025 · 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Dexter, MO

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Dexter was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Dexter, MO, at 11:23 am CDT on 1 November 2025, 4 km deep. 13 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Dexter was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Dexter since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Dexter in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 4 months
Last 12 months
6 · largest M 2.3 on 20 June 2026
Since 2016
37 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.1 on 5 September 2025, 22 km (14 mi) WNW of Dexter, MO
Reported felt
12 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, 7 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 37

  1. 2.1 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  2. 1.9 20 km (12 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  3. 1.8 18 km (11 mi) S of Dexter, MO
  4. 2.3 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Dexter, MO
  5. 1.6 20 km (13 mi) SE of Dexter, MO
  6. 1.8 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 1
  7. 2.6 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Dexter, MO · felt by 13
  8. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 5
  9. 3.1 22 km (14 mi) WNW of Dexter, MO · felt by 75
  10. 2.0 4 km (2 mi) ESE of Dexter, MO
  11. 1.8 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  12. 2.4 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 1
  13. 2.8 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 8
  14. 2.1 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  15. 2.4 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Dexter, MO · felt by 3
  16. 1.8 12 km (7 mi) S of Dexter, MO
  17. 2.3 8 km (5 mi) SW of Dexter, MO
  18. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  19. 1.8 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  20. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) S of Dexter, MO
  21. 1.9 30 km (19 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  22. 2.7 25 km (15 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 24
  23. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  24. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  25. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  26. 1.7 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  27. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  28. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  29. 2.7 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 5
  30. 2.6 17 km (11 mi) S of Dexter, MO · felt by 2
  31. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  32. 2.1 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 1
  33. 1.7 14 km (9 mi) S of Dexter, MO
  34. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Dexter, MO
  35. 2.2 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  36. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO
  37. 2.5 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Dexter, MO · felt by 1

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Dexter time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Dexter are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Dexter; dots are the 37 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Dexter

The strongest shaking in Dexter from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.1 on 5 September 2025, 22 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Dexter (est.)
M 3.1 22 kmIII · Weak · felt by 75
M 2.6 17 kmIII · Weak · felt by 2
M 2.7 22 kmIII · Weak · felt by 5
M 2.8 30 kmIII · Weak · felt by 8
M 2.7 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 24

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Dexter.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Malden 27 km · Poplar Bluff 39 km

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