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M 2.4mb_lg
Earthquake near Mansfield, LA
No earthquake was likely felt in Mansfield in the 24 hours to 6:30 am CST (12:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 31 km (19 mi) SE, at 3:26 pm CDT on 25 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mansfield
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Mansfield, LA, at 11:36 pm CDT on 16 April 2026 (04:36 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 17 km ESE of Mansfield, Louisiana
58 km (36 mi) SSE of Shreveport, LA
- When
- 11:36 pm CDT on 16 April 2026 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Mansfield, LA · earthquakes near Mansfield
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Red River Parish, 21 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 131 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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Mansfield, 17 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: Mansfield 17 km, intensity II · Coushatta 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 4.9 on 2026-03-05 — about 5,600 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 31.9925, -93.5278. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Parish, LA | 21 km (13 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Red River Parish |
| De Soto Parish, LA | 21 km (13 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near De Soto Parish |
| Sabine Parish, LA | 48 km (30 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sabine Parish |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | 51 km (32 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Natchitoches Parish |
| Bienville Parish, LA | 60 km (37 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Bienville Parish |
| Shelby County, TX | 62 km (39 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Shelby County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
15 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 8 km W of Huxley, Texas
- 2.7 9 km NE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
- 2.6 11 km ENE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
- 3.4 2 km WNW of Coushatta, Louisiana
- 1.9 13 km W of Edgefield, Louisiana
- 2.4 6 km NNW of Ringgold, Louisiana
- 2.3 5 km N of Castor, Louisiana
- 2.1 5 km W of Edgefield, Louisiana
- 2.5 15 km E of Mansfield, Louisiana
- 1.5 15 km W of Coushatta, Louisiana
- 2.1 14 km ESE of Mansfield, Louisiana
- 2.2 3 km SE of Ringgold, Louisiana
- 2.1 16 km W of Coushatta, Louisiana
- 1.9 15 km E of Mansfield, Louisiana
- 2.5 4 km NW of Coushatta, Louisiana
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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