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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

10 km SSE of Wilson, Arkansas

· 10 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tipton County 21 kmMississippi County 32 kmShelby County 35 kmCrittenden County 44 kmLauderdale County 44 kmFayette County 61 kmPoinsett County 64 kmHaywood County 64 kmDeSoto County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tipton County, 21 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3583 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 35.4882, -89.9838. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tipton County, TN 21 km (13 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Mississippi County, AR 32 km (20 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Shelby County, TN 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Shelby County
Crittenden County, AR 44 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
Lauderdale County, TN 44 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Fayette County, TN 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fayette County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 8 km W of Lepanto, Arkansas
  2. 2.1 8 km SE of Trumann, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 7 km SE of Trumann, Arkansas
  4. 1.5 3 km S of Dell, Arkansas
  5. 1.5 8 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  6. 1.6 5 km NNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  7. 1.6 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  8. 2.1 8 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  9. 1.9 6 km ENE of Garland, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 3 km N of Gilt Edge, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  12. 1.9 9 km SE of Wilson, Arkansas
  13. 3.6 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  14. 1.7 5 km ENE of Caraway, Arkansas
  15. 1.5 5 km W of Marked Tree, 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.

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