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M 2.6md

3 km SSW of Bernie, Missouri

· 6.2 km deep · released about 270 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Stoddard County 24 kmNew Madrid County 30 kmButler County 38 kmClay County 49 kmPemiscot County 51 kmDunklin County 55 kmLake County 56 kmScott County 58 kmMississippi County 65 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Stoddard County, 24 km N
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. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 270 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 36.6407, -89.9837. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Stoddard County, MO 24 km (15 mi) S of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
New Madrid County, MO 30 km (18 mi) W of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Butler County, MO 38 km (24 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Butler County
Clay County, AR 49 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clay County
Pemiscot County, MO 51 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dunklin County, MO 55 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dunklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 9 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.9 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.7 5 km E of Marston, Missouri
  4. 2.2 6 km E of Marston, Missouri
  5. 2.3 5 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri
  6. 1.9 7 km W of Parma, Missouri
  7. 2.5 8 km SSE of New Madrid, Missouri
  8. 1.7 7 km W of Parma, Missouri
  9. 1.7 7 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  11. 2.4 8 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
  12. 2.1 4 km E of Risco, Missouri
  13. 1.9 2 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  14. 1.7 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  15. 1.6 7 km E of Hayward, 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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