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M 2.5md

6 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee

· 4.6 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
4.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lake County, 11 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3424 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 36.2503, -89.5593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 11 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 21 km (13 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dyer County, TN 26 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Obion County, TN 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Obion County
New Madrid County, MO 39 km (24 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Dunklin County, MO 46 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Dunklin 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. 1.7 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 2.7 2 km ESE of Steele, Missouri
  3. 2.2 3 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  4. 2.1 6 km S of New Madrid, Missouri
  5. 1.6 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  6. 1.7 8 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.3 southeastern Missouri
  8. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  9. 2.5 5 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.7 4 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 9 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  12. 1.5 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  14. 1.8 9 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.7 3 km SW of Ridgely, Tennessee

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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