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M 2.9md

5 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 8.9 km deep · released about 590 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lake County, 8 km SSE
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. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 590 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 26,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 590 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 36.3928, -89.5302. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 8 km (5 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 25 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Obion County, TN 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Fulton County, KY 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Dyer County, TN 39 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer 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. 1.8 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
  2. 1.7 11 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 0 km WNW of Howardville, Missouri
  4. 2.4 3 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.5 0 km NNW of Howardville, Missouri
  6. 2.1 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.5 2 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.9 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  9. 2.3 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.3 5 km WSW of Pinhook, Missouri
  11. 1.6 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 1.6 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.5 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 2.3 7 km ESE of Marston, 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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