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M 1.5md

8 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee

· 9.6 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dyer County 6 kmLake County 27 kmObion County 36 kmPemiscot County 37 kmCrockett County 40 kmGibson County 43 kmLauderdale County 44 kmFulton County 53 kmHaywood County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dyer County, 6 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2760 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 36.1063, -89.3947. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dyer County, TN 6 km (4 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 27 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Obion County, TN 36 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Pemiscot County, MO 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Crockett County, TN 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Crockett County
Gibson County, TN 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Gibson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 2.4 5 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 4 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.6 6 km NW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 2 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 2.2 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  7. 2.3 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 2.1 5 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.7 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.5 2 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 7 km SE 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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