DATE

MAGNITUDE

LOCALITY

MM SCALE INTENSITY AT ST. LOUIS

EFFECTS AT ST. LOUIS

DEC. 16, 1811

8.0

Northeast Arkansas

VII

 A few chimneys thrown down and a few stone houses split in St. Louis. 
- Louisiana Gazette  (St. Louis)

DEC. 16, 1811

8.0

Northeast Arkansas

VII

JAN. 23, 1812

8.4

New Madrid, Missouri

VII

Similar in intensity to the previous shock.  No specific damage reports for St. Louis.*

FEB. 7, 1812

8.2

New Madrid, Missouri

VII-VIII

Many houses injured and several chimneys thrown down in St. Louis.   In Cahokia, Illinois, a great many houses badly damaged. - Louisiana Gazette

JUN. 9, 1838

5.7

Southern Illinois

VI

Threw down a number of chimneys in St. Louis.  Damage also reported severe in St. Charles.*

JAN. 4, 1843

6.0

Northeast Arkansas

V-VI

Parts of chimneys thrown down in St. Louis.*

FEB. 16, 1843

4.8

New Madrid, Missouri

III-IV

Felt at St. Louis; no damage at St. Louis.*

OCT. 8, 1857

5.3

Southeastern, Illinois

V

2 shocks, a few minutes apart.  Plaster fell and brick dislocated in St. Louis.*

AUG. 17, 1865

5.3

Southeastern, Missouri

IV

At St. Louis, furniture rocked & there was a cracking sound in the houses.*

SEP. 25, 1876

4.7

Evansville, Indiana

II-III

2 strong shocks, 15 minutes apart.  Felt from St. Louis, MO. to Indianapolis, IN. to Louisville, KY.  No damage at St. Louis.*

NOV. 18, 1878

4.9

Southeastern, Missouri

IV

Felt at St. Louis.  No damage reports.*

SEP. 27, 1882  

4.5

Southern Illinois

III-IV

Felt at St. Louis & St. Charles, MO.*

OCT. 15, 1882

4.2

Southern Illinois

III

Felt from St. Louis, MO. to Springfield, IL.*

JAN. 11, 1883

4.6

Cairo, Illinois

III

Strong shock from St. Louis to Memphis, TN.*

AUG. 2, 1887

4.7

Cairo, Illinois

III

Felt distinctly at St. Louis & Nashville, TN.*

SEP. 26, 1891

5.8

Cairo, Illinois

III

Felt at St. Louis; no damage reports.**

OCT. 31, 1895

6.2

Charleston, Missouri

VI

Destruction of a few chimneys and demolition of a few tottering walls.*

JAN. 24, 1902

4.7

Near St. Louis, Missouri

IV

Fairly strong shock felt at St. Louis and Clifton Heights, just west of Quincy, IL.*

FEB. 8, 1903

4.8

St. Louis, Missouri

VI

In St. Louis area shock felt sharply & sounds were heard.*

NOV. 4, 1903

4.6 / 5.1

New Madrid, Missouri

III-IV

2 shocks almost 1 hour apart.  Felt at St. Louis; no damage reports.*

AUG. 21, 1905

4.8

Southeastern Missouri

IV

One old roof collapsed in St. Louis.*

OCT. 23, 1909

4.6

Southeastern Missouri

II-III

Felt from St. Louis to northwest corner of Mississippi.*

APR. 9, 1917

5.0

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

V-VI

Horses thrown to pavement in St. Louis. Also broken windows, cracked plaster and bricks out of chimneys.  Painter shaken from ladder in Granite City, Illinois.*

AUG. 19, 1934

4.3

Northern New Madrid Region

III

Felt widely in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.  No damage at St. Louis.*

NOV. 23, 1939

4.9

Griggs, Illinois

IV

Felt over much of Illinois, Missouri, parts of Wisconsin,  Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Iowa.  No damage at St. Louis.*

JUN. 29, 1947

4.2

Waterloo-Dupo, Illinois.  Near St. Louis, Missouri

VI

Few old chimneys toppled in St. Louis.  One wall broken in west St. Louis.*

APR. 9, 1955

4.5

Sparta, Illinois

IV

Minor damage at Lemay, University City, and Webster Groves.*

NOV. 25, 1956

4.4

Wayne County, Missouri

IV-V

Windows shattered and walls cracked in St. Louis.*

NOV. 7, 1958

4.5

Southern, Illinois

V

Felt over large area, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky.*

MAR. 3, 1963

4.7

Near Poplar Bluff, Missouri

IV

Felt over an area of approximately 100,000 square miles.  No reports of damage at St. Louis.*

OCT. 20, 1965

4.8

Centreville, Missouri

VI

Various types of minor damage occurred at St. Louis.*

NOV. 9, 1968

5.5

Southern Illinois

V-VII

In St. Louis several injured by falling debris.  Walks cracked, chimneys fell and windows broke.  Furniture moved.  Older structures had cracked and fallen plaster.*

MAR. 25, 1976

4.9

Marked Tree, Arkansas

IV

Felt over 6 states.  No reports of damage at St. Louis.**

SEP. 20, 1978

3.1

Southeast St. Louis

IV

Felt over most of the St. Louis area and reportedly as far north as Skokie, Illinois. No damage reported.**

JUNE 3, 1979

2.1

Manchester, Missouri

II-III

Felt in southwest Ladue and Jennings, Missouri.  No damage reports.**

MAY 15, 1983

4.3

New Douglas, Illinois

III

Felt strongly in St. Louis City and west St. Louis County.  No reports of damage.**

JUNE 10, 1987

5.0

Southeastern, Illinois

III

Felt in St. Louis and St. Louis County.  Felt in 21 states and Canada.  No damage reports at St. Louis.**

FEB. 5, 1994

4.2

Dongola, Illinois

III

Felt in parts of southern St. Louis County.   Intensity V in the Cape Girardeau region.  No damage reports at St. Louis.**

JAN. 15, 1998

2.4

Kirkwood, Missouri

II-III

Felt in parts of St. Louis and northern Jefferson Counties.  Also felt in south St. Louis City.  No damage reports.**

JUNE 18, 2002

4.6

Evansville, Indiana

II-III

Felt in parts of St. Louis and St. Louis County.  No damage reports at St. Louis.  (U.S.G.S.)

JUNE 6, 2003

4.0

Blandville, Kentucky

II-III

Felt in parts of St. Louis and St. Charles Counties.  No reports of damage locally.  (U.S.G.S.)