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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

6 km NE of Pinhook, Missouri

· 17 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 7 kmFulton County 25 kmCarlisle County 26 kmHickman County 27 kmBallard County 38 kmNew Madrid County 41 kmScott County 42 kmObion County 47 kmAlexander County 47 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 3.0 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
35 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mississippi County, 7 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2473 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 35 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 36.7713, -89.2542. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 7 km (4 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Fulton County, KY 25 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Carlisle County, KY 26 km (16 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Hickman County, KY 27 km (17 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hickman County
Ballard County, KY 38 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ballard County
New Madrid County, MO 41 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near New Madrid 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. 1.5 3 km SW of Marston, Missouri
  2. 2.0 9 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.6 6 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.6 3 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  5. 1.8 3 km ENE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  6. 2.0 6 km E of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.5 8 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.7 2 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.6 5 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 4 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.8 0 km NNE of Howardville, Missouri
  12. 2.5 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  13. 2.4 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.6 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  15. 1.6 3 km WNW 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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