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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Steele, MO
No earthquake was likely felt in Steele in the 24 hours to 10:47 am CST (16:47 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 10 km (6 mi) SSW, at 8:56 pm CDT on 17 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Steele
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south of Steele, MO, at 4:40 am CDT on 3 June 2026 (09:40 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 1 km NW of Cooter, Missouri
- When
- 4:40 am CDT on 3 June 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) south of Steele, MO · earthquakes near Steele
- Missouri today
- every earthquake in Missouri in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Pemiscot County, 18 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 82 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Steele, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Steele 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2026-04-23 — about 2,700 times the energy of this one.
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 36.0553, -89.8257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pemiscot County, MO | 18 km (11 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Pemiscot County |
| Dunklin County, MO | 24 km (15 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Dunklin County |
| Lauderdale County, TN | 37 km (23 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lauderdale County |
| Mississippi County, AR | 38 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mississippi County |
| Dyer County, TN | 38 km (24 mi) | E | earthquakes near Dyer County |
| Lake County, TN | 43 km (27 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 7 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
- 1.4 5 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.4 6 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.7 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 2.0 13 km NNW of Newbern, Tennessee
- 1.9 5 km S of Holland, Missouri
- 2.0 7 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
- 0.9 6 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 2.3 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
- 2.2 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
- 1.3 9 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
- 2.1 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
- 1.8 8 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.7 2 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.7 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
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
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- 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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