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M 2.4md

14 km SSE of Fremont, Missouri

· 10 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carter County 21 kmOregon County 29 kmRipley County 30 kmShannon County 44 kmRandolph County 54 kmReynolds County 62 kmButler County 66 kmHowell County 68 kmWayne County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carter County, 21 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2346 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 36.8222, -91.1273. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carter County, MO 21 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Oregon County, MO 29 km (18 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Oregon County
Ripley County, MO 30 km (18 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ripley County
Shannon County, MO 44 km (27 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Shannon County
Randolph County, AR 54 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Reynolds County, MO 62 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Reynolds County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 14 km SE of Ellsinore, Missouri
  2. 2.9 14 km SSW of Williamsville, Missouri
  3. 2.4 7 km W of Williamsville, Missouri
  4. 2.2 10 km SSW of Birch Tree, Missouri
  5. 1.8 9 km W of Maynard, Arkansas
  6. 2.9 12 km WSW of Grandin, Missouri
  7. 2.2 13 km W of Maynard, Arkansas
  8. 2.5 13 km SSW of Williamsville, Missouri
  9. 2.5 4 km E of Doniphan, Missouri
  10. 2.7 5 km E of Doniphan, Missouri
  11. 2.7 4 km ENE of Grandin, Missouri
  12. 2.1 7 km E of Alton, Missouri
  13. 2.0 Missouri-Arkansas border region
  14. 3.2 10 km N of Van Buren, Missouri
  15. 2.1 18 km WNW of Maynard, 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.

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