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M 1.6md

2 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri

· 6.2 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pemiscot County, 14 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2649 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 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 36.2072, -89.6297. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pemiscot County, MO 14 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lake County, TN 19 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dyer County, TN 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Dunklin County, MO 39 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
New Madrid County, MO 43 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Obion County, TN 46 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Obion 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. 1.6 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  2. 2.3 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  3. 2.7 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  4. 1.8 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  5. 2.7 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  6. 2.6 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  7. 1.8 0 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  8. 3.3 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  9. 1.7 1 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.7 7 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 1.6 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.7 4 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  14. 1.9 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  15. 1.9 1 km SSW of Ridgely, Tennessee

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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