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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

11 km WSW of Mountain View, Missouri

· 6.7 km deep · released about 250 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Howell County 20 kmTexas County 43 kmShannon County 44 kmOregon County 47 kmDouglas County 62 kmFulton County 63 kmOzark County 66 kmWright County 69 kmCarter County 77 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Howell County, 20 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2449 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 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 36.9462, -91.8145. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Howell County, MO 20 km (13 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Howell County
Texas County, MO 43 km (27 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Texas County
Shannon County, MO 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Shannon County
Oregon County, MO 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Oregon County
Douglas County, MO 62 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Fulton County, AR 63 km (39 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fulton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 10 km SSW of Birch Tree, Missouri
  2. 1.9 9 km SW of Koshkonong, Missouri
  3. 2.2 7 km ENE of West Plains, Missouri
  4. 2.2 6 km WNW of West Plains, Missouri
  5. 2.3 13 km SSW of Mountain View, Missouri
  6. 2.4 6 km WNW of Mountain View, Missouri
  7. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bakersfield, 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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