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M 3.2md

8 km SSE of Marston, Missouri

· 13 km deep · released about 1,800 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 16 kmNew Madrid County 17 kmPemiscot County 32 kmFulton County 38 kmObion County 41 kmDyer County 47 kmMississippi County 50 kmDunklin County 53 kmStoddard County 55 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
29 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Lake County, 16 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 29 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,800 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.9× more

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 36.4465, -89.5915. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 16 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 17 km (11 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 32 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 38 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 41 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Dyer County, TN 47 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer 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. 1.6 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 10 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  3. 1.9 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  4. 1.8 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
  5. 1.7 11 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 0 km WNW of Howardville, Missouri
  7. 2.4 3 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.5 0 km NNW of Howardville, Missouri
  9. 2.1 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.5 2 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  13. 2.3 5 km WSW of Pinhook, Missouri
  14. 1.6 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 7 km S 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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