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M 2.1md

3 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee

· 6.3 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 8 kmDyer County 24 kmObion County 29 kmPemiscot County 31 kmFulton County 39 kmNew Madrid County 41 kmGibson County 56 kmDunklin County 57 kmCrockett County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lake County, 8 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2932 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 40 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 36.2692, -89.4485. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 8 km (5 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dyer County, TN 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Obion County, TN 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Pemiscot County, MO 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 39 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
New Madrid County, MO 41 km (25 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.6 9 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 7 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.9 2 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 2 km SSE of Steele, Missouri
  7. 1.5 3 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 2.9 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  9. 3.1 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  10. 1.7 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
  11. 1.7 8 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 10 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  13. 2.4 1 km NW of Cooter, Missouri
  14. 1.7 3 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 3 km E of Ridgely, 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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