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M 2.1md

3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas

· 21 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 13 kmDunklin County 31 kmLauderdale County 36 kmPemiscot County 42 kmTipton County 48 kmCraighead County 57 kmGreene County 57 kmDyer County 58 kmClay County 66 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mississippi County, 13 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3057 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 35.8748, -90.0048. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 13 km (8 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Lauderdale County, TN 36 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Tipton County, TN 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Craighead County, AR 57 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near Craighead County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 6 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  2. 1.6 8 km SW of Caraway, Arkansas
  3. 1.9 9 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  4. 2.2 9 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  5. 2.3 3 km E of Steele, Missouri
  6. 2.1 2 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  7. 1.7 2 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  8. 2.3 4 km N of Blytheville, Arkansas
  9. 2.0 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  10. 1.9 1 km W of Gosnell, Arkansas
  11. 2.2 southeastern Missouri
  12. 2.2 5 km N of Lepanto, Arkansas
  13. 2.0 7 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  14. 1.8 2 km NNE of Cooter, Missouri
  15. 1.9 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, 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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