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M 3.6mw
Earthquake near Manila, AR
No earthquake was likely felt in Manila in the 24 hours to 2:25 am CST (08:25 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 44 km (28 mi) NE, at 7:04 am CDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Manila
This page: a magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Manila, AR, at 5:16 am CDT on 15 October 2017 (10:16 UTC), 17 km deep. 905 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km SE of Manila, Arkansas
82 km (51 mi) N of Memphis, TN · 51 km (31 mi) E of Jonesboro, AR
- When
- 5:16 am CDT on 15 October 2017 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Manila, AR · earthquakes near Manila
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (mw)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- 905 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Mississippi County, 9 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3226 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 351 km (218 mi) from the epicentre. In Manila, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Manila 7 km, intensity IV · Blytheville 21 km, intensity III · Steele 38 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 4.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 39,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 4.3 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 9.1× 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.8340, -90.1170. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi County, AR | 9 km (6 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Mississippi County |
| Dunklin County, MO | 36 km (22 mi) | N | earthquakes near Dunklin County |
| Lauderdale County, TN | 45 km (28 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lauderdale County |
| Craighead County, AR | 46 km (29 mi) | W | earthquakes near Craighead County |
| Tipton County, TN | 50 km (31 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Tipton County |
| Pemiscot County, MO | 51 km (32 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Pemiscot County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 3 km SW of Dell, Arkansas
- 2.2 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
- 2.2 4 km E of Steele, Missouri
- 2.2 8 km NNW of Lepanto, Arkansas
- 1.9 9 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
- 1.5 5 km NW of Lepanto, Arkansas
- 2.0 9 km W of Henning, Tennessee
- 2.0 2 km N of Cooter, Missouri
- 2.1 2 km SSE of Steele, Missouri
- 1.7 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
- 2.4 1 km NW of Cooter, Missouri
- 1.7 4 km E of Dell, Arkansas
- 2.6 0 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas
- 2.2 2 km SE of Holland, Missouri
- 1.6 8 km SW of Caraway, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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