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M 2.3md

6 km SE of La Center, Kentucky

· 14 km deep · released about 74 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ballard County 8 kmMcCracken County 19 kmCarlisle County 20 kmPulaski County 28 kmMassac County 29 kmHickman County 39 kmMississippi County 40 kmAlexander County 41 kmGraves County 42 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Ballard County, 8 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2887 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 74 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 37.0283, -88.9245. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ballard County, KY 8 km (5 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ballard County
McCracken County, KY 19 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near McCracken County
Carlisle County, KY 20 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Pulaski County, IL 28 km (17 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Pulaski County
Massac County, IL 29 km (18 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Massac County
Hickman County, KY 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Hickman County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 6 km NW of Massac, Kentucky
  2. 1.7 5 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  3. 1.9 3 km SSE of Pinhook, Missouri
  4. 2.0 3 km NE of Ullin, Illinois
  5. 2.4 2 km NNE of Wilson City, Missouri
  6. 2.3 5 km SSW of Charleston, Missouri
  7. 1.6 3 km WNW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  8. 1.9 5 km ENE of Kevil, Kentucky
  9. 2.1 1 km WSW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  10. 1.9 4 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  11. 2.2 4 km ENE of Olmsted, Illinois
  12. 1.9 3 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri
  13. 1.6 Illinois-Kentucky border region
  14. 1.8 5 km NNE of Bandana, Kentucky
  15. 2.6 3 km ENE of Wilson City, 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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