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M 2.2md

5 km N of Lepanto, Arkansas

· 24 km deep · released about 58 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 27 kmCraighead County 33 kmPoinsett County 34 kmCrittenden County 52 kmGreene County 55 kmTipton County 56 kmCross County 58 kmDunklin County 59 kmLauderdale County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mississippi County, 27 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2892 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 58 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 260,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 58 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 35.6647, -90.3282. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 27 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Craighead County, AR 33 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Poinsett County, AR 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Poinsett County
Crittenden County, AR 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
Greene County, AR 55 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Greene County
Tipton County, TN 56 km (35 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Tipton 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. 1.6 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  2. 2.8 1 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  3. 2.1 8 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  4. 2.3 3 km N of Gilt Edge, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 5 km SSE of Cherry Valley, Arkansas
  6. 1.8 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  7. 1.9 9 km SE of Wilson, Arkansas
  8. 3.6 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  9. 1.7 5 km ENE of Caraway, Arkansas
  10. 1.5 5 km W of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  11. 1.7 3 km E of Dell, Arkansas
  12. 1.7 3 km S of Dell, Arkansas
  13. 1.9 6 km ENE of Caraway, Arkansas
  14. 2.1 0 km WNW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  15. 2.2 5 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas

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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