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M 2.3md

3 km N of Gilt Edge, Tennessee

· 13 km deep · released about 88 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tipton County 12 kmLauderdale County 27 kmMississippi County 29 kmShelby County 44 kmHaywood County 49 kmFayette County 57 kmCrittenden County 61 kmDyer County 65 kmDunklin County 67 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Tipton County, 12 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1510 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 88 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 88 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 35.5797, -89.8268. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tipton County, TN 12 km (7 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Lauderdale County, TN 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Mississippi County, AR 29 km (18 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Shelby County, TN 44 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Shelby County
Haywood County, TN 49 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Haywood County
Fayette County, TN 57 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fayette 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. 2.3 3 km NE of Dell, Arkansas
  2. 1.6 5 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  3. 1.6 3 km SSE of Caraway, Arkansas
  4. 1.7 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  5. 1.6 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  6. 3.8 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  7. 1.6 1 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas
  8. 2.1 Arkansas
  9. 1.5 5 km NNW of Victoria, Arkansas
  10. 2.2 7 km SSW of Holland, Missouri
  11. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  12. 2.9 10 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 7 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  14. 1.8 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  15. 2.4 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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