Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4md
6 km WNW of Mountain View, Missouri
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Howell County, 28 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2500 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 140 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 37.0093, -91.7745. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howell County, MO | 28 km (17 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Howell County |
| Shannon County, MO | 38 km (23 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Shannon County |
| Texas County, MO | 38 km (24 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Texas County |
| Oregon County, MO | 49 km (30 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Oregon County |
| Douglas County, MO | 66 km (41 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Wright County, MO | 69 km (43 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Wright County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 10 km SSW of Birch Tree, Missouri
- 2.2 7 km ENE of West Plains, Missouri
- 2.2 6 km WNW of West Plains, Missouri
- 2.3 13 km SSW of Mountain View, 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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