QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

3 km NE of Risco, Missouri

· 17 km deep · released about 24 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 12 kmStoddard County 34 kmLake County 38 kmPemiscot County 40 kmMississippi County 52 kmDunklin County 53 kmFulton County 53 kmScott County 56 kmButler County 57 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 12 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3359 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 24 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 36.5722, -89.7850. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 12 km (7 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Stoddard County, MO 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Lake County, TN 38 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Mississippi County, MO 52 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 53 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 2.3 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  3. 2.3 5 km WSW of Pinhook, Missouri
  4. 1.6 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.6 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  7. 1.5 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 2.0 0 km WNW of Howardville, Missouri
  10. 2.1 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  11. 1.6 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  12. 1.8 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  13. 2.7 0 km NNW of Howardville, Missouri
  14. 1.5 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 southeastern 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.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.