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M 2.6md
Earthquake near Mountain View, AR
No earthquake was likely felt in Mountain View in the 24 hours to 10:33 am CST (16:33 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 207 km (129 mi) E, at 12:59 pm CDT on 23 April 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 913 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mountain View
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Mountain View, AR, at 5:23 pm CDT on 22 July 2017 (22:23 UTC), 6.8 km deep. 38 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 14 km SW of Mountain View, Arkansas
- When
- 5:23 pm CDT on 22 July 2017 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Mountain View, AR · earthquakes near Mountain View
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 38 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Stone County, 12 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3320 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 53 km (33 mi) from the epicentre. In Mountain View, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fairfield Bay, Clinton.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 53,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 38,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.7927, -92.2517. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone County, AR | 12 km (8 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Stone County |
| Cleburne County, AR | 31 km (19 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Cleburne County |
| Van Buren County, AR | 33 km (21 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Van Buren County |
| Searcy County, AR | 42 km (26 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Searcy County |
| Izard County, AR | 45 km (28 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Izard County |
| Baxter County, AR | 55 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Baxter County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 1.8 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.4 4 km WNW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.1 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 1.8 3 km NNE of Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
- 1.7 8 km SW of Heber Springs, Arkansas
- 2.4 11 km W of Clinton, Arkansas
- 1.9 13 km SSE of Guion, Arkansas
- 2.0 Arkansas
- 1.8 11 km WSW of Melbourne, Arkansas
- 2.1 6 km WSW of Leslie, Arkansas
- 2.3 4 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.1 4 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.4 10 km NE of Damascus, Arkansas
- 2.2 10 km NE of Damascus, Arkansas
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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