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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

0 km N of East Prairie, Missouri

· 4.4 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 9 kmFulton County 31 kmNew Madrid County 32 kmScott County 34 kmCarlisle County 37 kmHickman County 39 kmAlexander County 45 kmBallard County 45 kmStoddard County 51 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
4.4 km below the surface
Felt
19 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Mississippi County, 9 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1993 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 19 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 53,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 38,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 36.7833, -89.3857. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 9 km (6 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Fulton County, KY 31 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
New Madrid County, MO 32 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Scott County, MO 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Scott County
Carlisle County, KY 37 km (23 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Hickman County, KY 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hickman 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. 2.1 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  3. 1.7 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 2.0 6 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri
  5. 1.6 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 1 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.9 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.7 8 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 2 km NE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.6 5 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 5 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 1.6 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.7 5 km NNE of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  15. 2.4 7 km ESE 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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