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M 2.6md

9 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee

· 8.9 km deep · released about 250 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Dyer County, 16 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2693 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 36.1885, -89.4457. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dyer County, TN 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 17 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Obion County, TN 33 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Fulton County, KY 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
New Madrid County, MO 49 km (30 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

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

  1. 2.1 5 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 2.5 2 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.8 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  7. 1.6 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 2.3 1 km E of Samburg, Tennessee
  9. 1.6 2 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  10. 1.7 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.5 4 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 2.4 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.5 4 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 southeastern 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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