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M 2.1md

4 km SW of Parma, Missouri

· 4.3 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 17 kmStoddard County 31 kmPemiscot County 42 kmLake County 43 kmButler County 52 kmDunklin County 52 kmMississippi County 56 kmClay County 56 kmScott County 57 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3168 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 38 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 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 36.5858, -89.8483. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 17 km (11 mi) W of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Stoddard County, MO 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Pemiscot County, MO 42 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lake County, TN 43 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Butler County, MO 52 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Butler County
Dunklin County, MO 52 km (32 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

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

  1. 1.8 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.6 0 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 7 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  4. 2.4 9 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.9 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  6. 1.7 5 km E of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.2 6 km E of Marston, Missouri
  8. 2.3 5 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri
  9. 1.5 4 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 1.6 6 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 7 km W of Parma, Missouri
  12. 2.5 8 km SSE of New Madrid, Missouri
  13. 1.7 7 km W of Parma, Missouri
  14. 1.7 7 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 2.3 5 km WNW 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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