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M 1.8md

3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas

· 14 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 18 kmDunklin County 29 kmLauderdale County 34 kmPemiscot County 37 kmTipton County 49 kmDyer County 53 kmGreene County 60 kmCraighead County 62 kmLake County 63 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 18 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2215 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 35.9078, -89.9540. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 18 km (11 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Lauderdale County, TN 34 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Tipton County, TN 49 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Dyer County, TN 53 km (33 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

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

  1. 2.0 southeastern Missouri
  2. 2.0 southeastern Missouri
  3. 2.3 9 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  4. 1.6 1 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri
  5. 1.8 4 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  6. 1.6 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  7. 2.3 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  8. 1.9 3 km ESE of Steele, Missouri
  9. 2.8 1 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  10. 1.7 7 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 1.7 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  12. 2.1 8 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  13. 2.5 8 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  14. 1.5 1 km W of Cooter, Missouri
  15. 1.9 6 km ENE of Garland, 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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