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M 2.4md

7.1 km ESE of Datto, AR

· 14 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Randolph County 22 kmRipley County 27 kmClay County 35 kmGreene County 39 kmButler County 49 kmLawrence County 50 kmCarter County 60 kmOregon County 61 kmSharp County 66 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Randolph County, 22 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2138 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 130 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 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 36.4168, -90.8043. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Randolph County, AR 22 km (14 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Ripley County, MO 27 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Ripley County
Clay County, AR 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clay County
Greene County, AR 39 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Greene County
Butler County, MO 49 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Butler County
Lawrence County, AR 50 km (31 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lawrence County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 3 km N of Black Rock, Arkansas
  2. 2.1 5 km N of Black Rock, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 3 km N of Black Rock, Arkansas
  4. 2.1 9 km NNW of Ravenden Springs, Arkansas
  5. 1.8 2 km W of Imboden, Arkansas
  6. 2.0 Missouri-Arkansas border region
  7. 2.0 2 km NNW of Black Rock, Arkansas
  8. 2.5 4 km SSW of Maynard, Arkansas
  9. 2.8 0.4 km ESE of Maynard, Arkansas
  10. 1.9 5 km S of Imboden, Arkansas
  11. 2.0 3 km SSW of Imboden, Arkansas
  12. 3.1 4 km SSW of Imboden, Arkansas
  13. 2.1 18 km WNW of Maynard, Arkansas
  14. 1.7 Missouri-Arkansas border region
  15. 1.7 2 km WSW of Imboden, 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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