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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

7 km W of Parma, Missouri

· 5.4 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 22 kmStoddard County 28 kmPemiscot County 45 kmButler County 47 kmLake County 48 kmDunklin County 52 kmClay County 53 kmScott County 57 kmMississippi County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 22 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3015 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 18 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 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 36.6052, -89.8993. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 22 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Stoddard County, MO 28 km (17 mi) S of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Pemiscot County, MO 45 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Butler County, MO 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Butler County
Lake County, TN 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dunklin County, MO 52 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

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

  1. 1.8 6 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.6 4 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.5 4 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.5 8 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  7. 1.6 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.7 5 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  9. 2.0 4 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.5 7 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  11. 1.9 11 km E of New Madrid, Missouri
  12. 1.7 4 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.7 5 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  14. 1.9 7 km W of East Prairie, Missouri
  15. 1.6 3 km W of Tiptonville, 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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