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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

6 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas

· 11 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dunklin County, 24 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2283 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 35.9835, -89.8917. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dunklin County, MO 24 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Pemiscot County, MO 27 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Mississippi County, AR 28 km (17 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Lauderdale County, TN 34 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Dyer County, TN 45 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 53 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3 km ESE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 2.8 1 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  3. 1.7 7 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  4. 1.7 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  5. 1.6 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 2.8 8 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 8 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  8. 1.6 9 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.6 2 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 2.5 8 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 1.5 1 km W of Cooter, Missouri
  12. 1.5 southeastern Missouri
  13. 1.9 6 km ENE of Garland, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 2 km NNE of Cooter, Missouri
  15. 2.3 3 km W 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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