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M 2.7md
Earthquake near Doniphan, MO
No earthquake was likely felt in Doniphan in the 24 hours to 3:50 am CST (09:50 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 32 km (20 mi) NE, at 10:41 pm CDT on 29 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Doniphan
This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Doniphan, MO, at 12:40 pm CST on 4 December 2020 (18:40 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 51 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km NNW of Doniphan, Missouri
- When
- 12:40 pm CST on 4 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Doniphan, MO · earthquakes near Doniphan
- Missouri today
- every earthquake in Missouri in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (md)
- Depth
- 0.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 51 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Nearest
- Ripley County, 3 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 56 km (35 mi) from the epicentre. In Doniphan, 7 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.
Likely felt in: Doniphan 7 km, intensity III · Poplar Bluff 43 km, intensity II · Pocahontas 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 36.6720, -90.8593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley County, MO | 3 km (2 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Ripley County |
| Carter County, MO | 31 km (19 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Carter County |
| Randolph County, AR | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Randolph County |
| Butler County, MO | 41 km (25 mi) | E | earthquakes near Butler County |
| Oregon County, MO | 48 km (30 mi) | W | earthquakes near Oregon County |
| Clay County, AR | 52 km (32 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Clay County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
29 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 14 km SE of Ellsinore, Missouri
- 2.9 14 km SSW of Williamsville, Missouri
- 2.4 7 km W of Williamsville, Missouri
- 1.8 9 km W of Maynard, Arkansas
- 2.2 4 km SSE of Maynard, Arkansas
- 2.9 12 km WSW of Grandin, Missouri
- 2.2 13 km W of Maynard, Arkansas
- 2.5 13 km SSW of Williamsville, Missouri
- 2.5 4 km E of Doniphan, Missouri
- 2.7 5 km E of Doniphan, Missouri
- 2.3 9 km ESE of Williamsville, Missouri
- 2.7 4 km ENE of Grandin, Missouri
- 2.1 7 km E of Alton, Missouri
- 2.1 9 km NNW of Ravenden Springs, Arkansas
- 2.0 Missouri-Arkansas border region
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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