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M 1.6md

9 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee

· 8.0 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dyer County, 16 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2414 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 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 36.1817, -89.4695. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dyer County, TN 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 17 km (11 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 29 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Obion County, TN 35 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Fulton County, KY 48 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Lauderdale County, TN 49 km (30 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lauderdale 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. 1.7 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 6 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 6 km W of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 3 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  5. 1.5 2 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
  6. 1.6 4 km E of Steele, Missouri
  7. 1.8 11 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.5 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 6 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  10. 1.8 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  11. 1.7 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  12. 1.6 5 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 4 km ENE of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  14. 1.8 4 km WSW of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  15. 2.1 9 km NNE of Tiptonville, 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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