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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

8 km SW of Caraway, Arkansas

· 4.7 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Craighead County 27 kmMississippi County 30 kmPoinsett County 31 kmGreene County 51 kmCrittenden County 55 kmCross County 57 kmDunklin County 59 kmTipton County 61 kmLauderdale County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Craighead County, 27 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2902 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 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 35.6920, -90.3770. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Craighead County, AR 27 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Mississippi County, AR 30 km (19 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Poinsett County, AR 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Poinsett County
Greene County, AR 51 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Greene County
Crittenden County, AR 55 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
Cross County, AR 57 km (36 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cross County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 7 km NNW of Lepanto, Arkansas
  2. 2.2 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  3. 1.7 8 km W of Lepanto, Arkansas
  4. 2.1 8 km SE of Trumann, Arkansas
  5. 1.8 7 km SE of Trumann, Arkansas
  6. 1.5 3 km S of Dell, Arkansas
  7. 1.5 8 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 1 km NNW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  9. 1.6 5 km NNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  10. 1.6 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 8 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  12. 2.2 5 km SSE of Cherry Valley, Arkansas
  13. 1.8 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  14. 1.9 9 km SE of Wilson, Arkansas
  15. 3.6 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, 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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