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M 2.3md

1 km SSE of Fults, Illinois

· 16 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 14 kmSte. Genevieve County 30 kmJefferson County 31 kmRandolph County 36 kmSt. Clair County 43 kmSt. Francois County 45 kmSt. Louis city 53 kmSt. Louis County 58 kmPerry County 61 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 14 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3747 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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.

Where

Epicentre 38.1575, -90.2097. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, IL 14 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Ste. Genevieve County, MO 30 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ste. Genevieve County
Jefferson County, MO 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Randolph County, IL 36 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Randolph County
St. Clair County, IL 43 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near St. Clair County
St. Francois County, MO 45 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near St. Francois County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 14 km SSE of Weingarten, Missouri
  2. 2.0 6 km SSW of Valmeyer, Illinois
  3. 2.2 15 km SW of Ozora, Missouri
  4. 2.4 3 km ESE of Fenton, Missouri
  5. 1.7 3 km WNW of Olympian Village, Missouri
  6. 2.3 4 km S of Valmeyer, Illinois
  7. 2.4 8 km SW of Ozora, Missouri
  8. 2.3 4 km E of Herculaneum, Missouri
  9. 1.9 5 km NW of Weingarten, Missouri
  10. 2.5 eastern Missouri
  11. 2.2 4 km E of Bonne Terre, Missouri
  12. 2.2 5 km NNE of Terre du Lac, Missouri
  13. 1.9 5 km W of Terre du Lac, Missouri
  14. 2.2 6 km E of Ellis Grove, Illinois
  15. 2.8 1 km SSW of Peerless Park, Missouri

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.

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