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M 1.7md

2 km W of Powhatan, Arkansas

· 5.4 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lawrence County 6 kmRandolph County 31 kmSharp County 31 kmGreene County 52 kmIndependence County 53 kmCraighead County 54 kmJackson County 54 kmRipley County 68 kmFulton County 69 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lawrence County, 6 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1828 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 11 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 36.0822, -91.1472. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lawrence County, AR 6 km (4 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lawrence County
Randolph County, AR 31 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Sharp County, AR 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sharp County
Greene County, AR 52 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Greene County
Independence County, AR 53 km (33 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Independence County
Craighead County, AR 54 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Craighead County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 12 km WNW of Smithville, Arkansas
  2. 1.8 2 km SW of Ravenden, Arkansas
  3. 2.0 5 km N of Black Rock, Arkansas
  4. 2.2 5 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  5. 1.7 3 km N of Black Rock, Arkansas
  6. 2.2 3 km ESE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  7. 1.7 4 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  8. 1.7 Arkansas
  9. 1.5 5 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  10. 1.7 4 km SE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  11. 2.5 2 km ESE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  12. 1.6 3 km SSE of Lynn, Arkansas
  13. 2.4 7 km SW of Ravenden, Arkansas
  14. 2.3 7 km SSW of Ravenden, Arkansas
  15. 2.0 4 km SW of Powhatan, 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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