New Madrid Quake Was Just Felt Under This Tiny Missouri Airport

Never underestimate the New Madrid Seismic Zone's ability to surprise you. It certainly wasn't major, but there was a quake big enough to be felt that just happened under a tiny Missouri airport and considering the time of day it happened, that's remarkable.

As I've mentioned before, I check the USGS earthquake shake page several times every day because I am an earthquake nerd. This morning, I noticed a not large, but not small circle in the boot heel part of Missouri which is not unusual. It was a 2.3 magnitude quake that happened near Marston, Missouri.

If you zoom in, you can see that it happened under the tiny county airport just north of Marston, Missouri.

This is that airport from a nearby street view. It's very small and yet someone at this airport felt the quake at 1:31am?

For the record, a 2.3 magnitude quake will never do any damage and most would never have felt it. That makes me wonder if it was a gentle jolt that someone who lives near the airport felt. Still, at 1:31am in the overnight hours, this is not a Missouri quake that should have been felt, yet it was.

Back to my original point. Never underestimate the New Madrid Seismic Zone's ability to surprise. Let's just hope any future "surprises" will be of this mild nature and not the big one we all dread.