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M 1.7md

14 km WSW of Hickman, Kentucky

· 12 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fulton County 13 kmObion County 26 kmLake County 26 kmNew Madrid County 29 kmMississippi County 33 kmHickman County 36 kmCarlisle County 48 kmDyer County 54 kmPemiscot County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fulton County, 13 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2582 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 36.5347, -89.3367. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fulton County, KY 13 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Lake County, TN 26 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 29 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Mississippi County, MO 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Hickman County, KY 36 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hickman County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 2 km SSE of Howardville, Missouri
  2. 1.8 12 km N of Samburg, Tennessee
  3. 2.3 13 km N of Samburg, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 9 km NNE of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  6. 1.6 8 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.7 3 km E of Marston, Missouri
  8. 2.0 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  9. 2.1 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.8 2 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.7 2 km SSE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  12. 1.5 1 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  14. 2.1 2 km SSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 1 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee

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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