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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Batesville, AR

USGS: 13 km NNE of Sulphur Rock, Arkansas

10:55 pm CST, Jan 21, 2019 · · 1.9 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
10:55 pm CST on 21 January 2019 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) ENE of Batesville, AR · earthquakes near Batesville
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
1.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Independence County, 18 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2730 days ago

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Batesville, AR, at 10:55 pm CST on 21 January 2019 (04:55 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: Cave City, Newark, Tuckerman, Southside, Diaz.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 35.8542, -91.4190. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Independence County, AR 18 km (11 mi) SW earthquakes near Independence County
Jackson County, AR 34 km (21 mi) SSE earthquakes near Jackson County
Lawrence County, AR 35 km (22 mi) NE earthquakes near Lawrence County
Sharp County, AR 36 km (22 mi) N earthquakes near Sharp County
Izard County, AR 52 km (32 mi) WNW earthquakes near Izard County
Cleburne County, AR 61 km (38 mi) WSW earthquakes near Cleburne 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.

  1. 2.0 3 km SW of Lynn, Arkansas
  2. 2.3 4 km SE of Franklin, Arkansas
  3. 2.1 2 km SSW of Lynn, Arkansas
  4. 1.9 5 km S of Imboden, Arkansas
  5. 2.0 3 km SSW of Imboden, Arkansas
  6. 3.1 4 km SSW of Imboden, Arkansas
  7. 1.9 2 km W of Lynn, Arkansas
  8. 2.3 6 km WSW of Ravenden, Arkansas
  9. 1.7 Missouri-Arkansas border region
  10. 1.7 2 km WSW of Imboden, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 2 km SE of Ravenden, Arkansas
  12. 1.9 3 km ESE of Ravenden, Arkansas
  13. 1.8 Missouri-Arkansas border region
  14. 1.9 8 km SSE of Williford, Arkansas
  15. 2.1 7 km SW of Ravenden, 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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