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M 1.6md

7 km NNE of New Madrid, Missouri

· 4.7 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 16 kmMississippi County 26 kmFulton County 29 kmLake County 35 kmObion County 44 kmScott County 45 kmStoddard County 46 kmHickman County 46 kmCarlisle County 51 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 16 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2358 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 6.8 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 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 36.6503, -89.4917. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 16 km (10 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Mississippi County, MO 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Fulton County, KY 29 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Lake County, TN 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
Obion County, TN 44 km (28 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Scott County, MO 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Scott 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. 1.6 6 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 2.6 3 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.8 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.7 9 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 2 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.8 4 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.7 3 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 10 km SE of Matthews, Missouri
  10. 1.9 4 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  12. 1.6 3 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 2.2 2 km SW of Howardville, Missouri
  14. 2.1 5 km WNW of Portageville, Missouri
  15. 1.6 6 km SE 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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