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M 4.9mwr
2026 Red River Parish, Louisiana Earthquake
Yes. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake was recorded 2026 Red River Parish, Louisiana Earthquake, 57 km (36 mi) SE of Shreveport, LA, at 5:30 am CST on 5 March 2026 (11:30 UTC), 2.5 km deep. 1,576 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
57 km (36 mi) SE of Shreveport, LA · 56 km (35 mi) SSE of Bossier City, LA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 4.9 (mwr)
- Depth
- 2.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1,576 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity VI (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Red River Parish, 7 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 48 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Coushatta, LA
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This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 733 km (455 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Coushatta 8 km, intensity VI · Mansfield 27 km, intensity V · Natchitoches 45 km, intensity IV. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 340 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 500× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.9 about 340 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 710× more
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.
Where
Epicentre 32.0614, -93.4128. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Parish, LA | 7 km (5 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Red River Parish |
| De Soto Parish, LA | 31 km (19 mi) | W | earthquakes near De Soto Parish |
| Bienville Parish, LA | 47 km (29 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Bienville Parish |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | 48 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Natchitoches Parish |
| Sabine Parish, LA | 57 km (36 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sabine Parish |
| Caddo Parish, LA | 73 km (45 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Caddo Parish |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 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
- 1.9 3 km ENE of Jamestown, 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
- 2.3 7 km ENE of Jamestown, 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
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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