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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

5 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri

· 9.8 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 13 kmScott County 23 kmNew Madrid County 36 kmAlexander County 36 kmCarlisle County 41 kmFulton County 41 kmBallard County 43 kmStoddard County 46 kmHickman County 46 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
9.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 13 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2896 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 36.8662, -89.4352. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Scott County, MO 23 km (15 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Scott County
New Madrid County, MO 36 km (22 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Alexander County, IL 36 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Alexander County
Carlisle County, KY 41 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Fulton County, KY 41 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fulton 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. 1.5 7 km S of Catron, Missouri
  2. 2.2 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 2.3 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.7 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.5 4 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 2.4 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  10. 2.2 8 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 2.3 3 km ENE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  12. 2.2 9 km N of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 2.2 5 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  14. 1.5 10 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.9 5 km ESE 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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