Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2md
Earthquake near Mountain Home, AR
USGS: 4 km NNE of Mountain Home, Arkansas
- When
- 1:04 pm CDT on 27 April 2016 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) NNE of Mountain Home, AR · earthquakes near Mountain Home
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (md)
- Depth
- 1.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Baxter County, 11 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1522 days ago
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) NNE of Mountain Home, AR, at 1:04 pm CDT on 27 April 2016 (18:04 UTC). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Midway, Gassville, Bull Shoals, Flippin.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 58 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 260,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 58 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
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 36.3725, -92.3615. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter County, AR | 11 km (7 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Baxter County |
| Marion County, AR | 31 km (19 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Marion County |
| Ozark County, MO | 32 km (20 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Ozark County |
| Fulton County, AR | 49 km (30 mi) | E | earthquakes near Fulton County |
| Izard County, AR | 51 km (31 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Izard County |
| Stone County, AR | 61 km (38 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Stone County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 2 km WSW of Gainesville, Missouri
- 2.0 14 km ENE of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.2 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 1.9 13 km ENE of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.4 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 1.9 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.2 15 km WNW of Bull Shoals, Arkansas
- 2.5 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.5 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.3 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.1 4 km N of Midway, Arkansas
- 1.7 13 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.2 15 km WNW of Bull Shoals, Arkansas
- 2.3 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- 2.4 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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