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M 1.9md

2 km SSW of Blytheville, Arkansas

· 12 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 19 kmDunklin County 30 kmLauderdale County 32 kmPemiscot County 36 kmTipton County 48 kmDyer County 51 kmGreene County 62 kmLake County 62 kmCraighead County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 19 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2529 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 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 35.9070, -89.9300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 19 km (12 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 30 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Lauderdale County, TN 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 36 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Tipton County, TN 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Dyer County, TN 51 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Dyer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  2. 1.5 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  3. 1.7 3 km E of Dell, Arkansas
  4. 1.7 3 km S of Dell, Arkansas
  5. 1.9 6 km ENE of Caraway, Arkansas
  6. 2.1 0 km WNW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  7. 2.2 5 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  8. 2.3 6 km SSW of Holland, Missouri
  9. 1.7 3 km WNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  10. 2.2 5 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  11. 2.1 3 km SSE of Holland, Missouri
  12. 2.2 2 km NNW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  13. 2.2 8 km SE of Cooter, Missouri
  14. 2.3 2 km W of Cooter, Missouri
  15. 2.0 6 km ENE of Steele, 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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