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M 2.0md

15 km SSW of Cherokee Pass, Missouri

· 9.6 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madison County 13 kmWayne County 29 kmBollinger County 34 kmIron County 39 kmSt. Francois County 49 kmReynolds County 50 kmSte. Genevieve County 61 kmCape Girardeau County 63 kmPerry County 65 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Madison County, 13 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1662 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 37.3712, -90.4012. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madison County, MO 13 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Madison County
Wayne County, MO 29 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Bollinger County, MO 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Bollinger County
Iron County, MO 39 km (24 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Iron County
St. Francois County, MO 49 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near St. Francois County
Reynolds County, MO 50 km (31 mi) E of here earthquakes near Reynolds County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km ENE of Greenville, Missouri
  2. 2.0 14 km SSE of Weingarten, Missouri
  3. 2.4 7 km W of Williamsville, Missouri
  4. 2.6 12 km E of Williamsville, Missouri
  5. 2.2 15 km SW of Ozora, Missouri
  6. 2.1 4 km N of Marquand, Missouri
  7. 2.3 9 km ESE of Williamsville, Missouri
  8. 2.4 13 km E of Williamsville, Missouri
  9. 2.4 southeastern Missouri
  10. 2.3 10 km WNW of Puxico, 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.

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