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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

4 km SE of Franklin, Arkansas

· 4.8 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Izard County 16 kmSharp County 24 kmFulton County 28 kmIndependence County 48 kmStone County 48 kmBaxter County 55 kmLawrence County 59 kmCleburne County 66 kmRandolph County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Izard County, 16 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1407 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 36.1417, -91.7405. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Izard County, AR 16 km (10 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Izard County
Sharp County, AR 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sharp County
Fulton County, AR 28 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Independence County, AR 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Independence County
Stone County, AR 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Stone County
Baxter County, AR 55 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Baxter County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 4 km NW of Lynn, Arkansas
  2. 1.5 3 km WNW of Lynn, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 2 km W of Lynn, Arkansas
  4. 2.0 3 km WNW of Lynn, Arkansas
  5. 1.8 9 km ESE of Ash Flat, Arkansas
  6. 2.0 8 km ESE of Ash Flat, Arkansas
  7. 1.7 4 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  8. 2.1 6 km ENE of Smithville, Arkansas
  9. 1.9 10 km NNE of Salem, Arkansas
  10. 2.3 11 km NNE of Salem, Arkansas
  11. 1.9 10 km W of Smithville, Arkansas
  12. 2.0 4 km E of Strawberry, Arkansas
  13. 2.0 4 km N of Evening Shade, Arkansas
  14. 1.8 5 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  15. 2.2 4 km SW of Strawberry, 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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