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M 1.6md

6 km E of Diamond City, Arkansas

· 4.3 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 27 kmTaney County 27 kmBoone County 27 kmOzark County 41 kmBaxter County 51 kmDouglas County 61 kmStone County 63 kmCarroll County 63 kmChristian County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marion County, 27 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1726 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 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 36.4648, -92.8497. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, AR 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Taney County, MO 27 km (17 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Taney County
Boone County, AR 27 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Boone County
Ozark County, MO 41 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ozark County
Baxter County, AR 51 km (32 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Baxter County
Douglas County, MO 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 4 km E of Diamond City, Arkansas
  2. 2.1 6 km ESE of Pontiac, Missouri
  3. 2.2 2 km WSW of Gainesville, Missouri
  4. 2.0 14 km ENE of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  5. 2.2 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  6. 1.9 13 km ENE of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  7. 2.4 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  8. 1.9 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  9. 2.2 15 km WNW of Bull Shoals, Arkansas
  10. 2.5 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  11. 2.5 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  12. 2.3 14 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  13. 2.1 4 km N of Midway, Arkansas
  14. 1.7 13 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
  15. 2.2 15 km WNW of Bull Shoals, 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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