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M 2.4md

5 km NNE of Bakersfield, Missouri

· 2.5 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Howell County 31 kmOzark County 31 kmFulton County 34 kmBaxter County 38 kmDouglas County 54 kmIzard County 56 kmMarion County 60 kmOregon County 65 kmSharp County 73 km
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
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
2.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Howell County, 31 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2473 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 36.5732, -92.1208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Howell County, MO 31 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Howell County
Ozark County, MO 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ozark County
Fulton County, AR 34 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Baxter County, AR 38 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Baxter County
Douglas County, MO 54 km (34 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Izard County, AR 56 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Izard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 9 km SW of Koshkonong, Missouri
  2. 1.9 10 km NNE of Salem, Arkansas
  3. 2.3 11 km NNE of Salem, Arkansas
  4. 2.1 6 km ESE of Pontiac, Missouri
  5. 2.2 2 km WSW of Gainesville, Missouri
  6. 2.1 4 km N of Midway, Arkansas
  7. 2.2 7 km ENE of West Plains, Missouri
  8. 2.2 6 km WNW of West Plains, Missouri
  9. 2.3 13 km SSW of Mountain View, Missouri
  10. 2.1 7 km ENE of Midway, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 4 km N of Viola, Arkansas
  12. 2.1 9 km SW of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
  13. 2.0 3 km S of Sundown, 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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