Mild earthquake rattles Arkansas

DEARMAN — A mild earthquake rattled a portion of northeast Arkansas in a region that has seen a number of temblors this year.

Sunday night’s quake of magnitude 3.0 was centered two-thirds of a mile west of Dearman, and six miles southwest of Blytheville, in Mississippi County. The area is in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Six earthquakes of magnitude 2 or greater have been reported between May 1 and late July.