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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Coushatta, LA

USGS: 5 km NW of Edgefield, Louisiana

58 km (36 mi) SE of Shreveport, LA · 56 km (35 mi) SSE of Bossier City, LA

4:41 pm CDT, Mar 14, 2026 · · 3.8 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Red River Parish 2 kmDe Soto Parish 35 kmBienville Parish 42 kmNatchitoches Parish 48 kmSabine Parish 61 kmWinn Parish 70 kmWebster Parish 72 kmBossier Parish 72 kmCaddo Parish 73 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:41 pm CDT on 14 March 2026 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) NNW of Coushatta, LA · earthquakes near Coushatta
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Red River Parish, 2 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 129 days ago

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) NNW of Coushatta, LA, at 4:41 pm CDT on 14 March 2026 (21:41 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Ringgold.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 7,900 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 32.0862, -93.3686. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Red River Parish, LA 2 km (2 mi) NE earthquakes near Red River Parish
De Soto Parish, LA 35 km (22 mi) W earthquakes near De Soto Parish
Bienville Parish, LA 42 km (26 mi) NE earthquakes near Bienville Parish
Natchitoches Parish, LA 48 km (30 mi) SE earthquakes near Natchitoches Parish
Sabine Parish, LA 61 km (38 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sabine Parish
Winn Parish, LA 70 km (44 mi) ESE earthquakes near Winn Parish

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.7 9 km NE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
  2. 2.6 11 km ENE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
  3. 3.4 2 km WNW of Coushatta, Louisiana
  4. 1.9 13 km W of Edgefield, Louisiana
  5. 2.4 6 km NNW of Ringgold, Louisiana
  6. 1.9 3 km ENE of Jamestown, Louisiana
  7. 2.3 5 km N of Castor, Louisiana
  8. 2.1 5 km W of Edgefield, Louisiana
  9. 2.5 15 km E of Mansfield, Louisiana
  10. 1.5 15 km W of Coushatta, Louisiana
  11. 2.1 14 km ESE of Mansfield, Louisiana
  12. 2.3 7 km ENE of Jamestown, Louisiana
  13. 2.2 3 km SE of Ringgold, Louisiana
  14. 2.1 16 km W of Coushatta, Louisiana
  15. 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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