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M 2.5md

6 km SSE of Tallapoosa, Missouri

· 5.9 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 21 kmPemiscot County 26 kmLake County 31 kmDunklin County 40 kmStoddard County 47 kmFulton County 56 kmClay County 56 kmDyer County 57 kmObion County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
New Madrid County, 21 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2465 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 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 36.4475, -89.8003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 21 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 26 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lake County, TN 31 km (19 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dunklin County, MO 40 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Stoddard County, MO 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Fulton County, KY 56 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  2. 1.7 2 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  3. 2.2 5 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  4. 1.6 5 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 2.1 3 km SSE of Holland, Missouri
  6. 1.9 4 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.5 2 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 0 km NNE of Howardville, Missouri
  9. 2.5 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.4 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.6 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  12. 1.6 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  13. 1.8 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.7 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  15. 1.9 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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