quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1md
Earthquake near Melbourne, AR
USGS: 2 km NNE of Guion, Arkansas
- When
- 3:05 pm CST on 23 February 2019 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) S of Melbourne, AR · earthquakes near Melbourne
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 2.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Izard County, 17 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2774 days ago
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) S of Melbourne, AR, at 3:05 pm CST on 23 February 2019 (21:05 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mountain View, Calico Rock.
USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.9448, -91.9353. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izard County, AR | 17 km (10 mi) | N | earthquakes near Izard County |
| Stone County, AR | 21 km (13 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Stone County |
| Cleburne County, AR | 40 km (25 mi) | S | earthquakes near Cleburne County |
| Independence County, AR | 41 km (25 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Independence County |
| Sharp County, AR | 49 km (30 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Sharp County |
| Fulton County, AR | 50 km (31 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Fulton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
31 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 1.8 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.4 4 km WNW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.1 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
- 2.4 5 km WSW of Southside, Arkansas
- 1.8 3 km NNE of Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
- 1.8 9 km ESE of Ash Flat, Arkansas
- 2.0 8 km ESE of Ash Flat, Arkansas
- 1.9 10 km W of Smithville, Arkansas
- 2.0 4 km N of Evening Shade, Arkansas
- 1.9 13 km SSE of Guion, Arkansas
- 2.1 5 km NW of Sidney, Arkansas
- 2.3 11 km NW of Strawberry, Arkansas
- 1.9 12 km WNW of Smithville, Arkansas
- 1.6 8 km NW of Strawberry, Arkansas
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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