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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

0 km NNE of Dyersburg, Tennessee

· 11 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dyer County, 2 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2204 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 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 36.0410, -89.3838. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dyer County, TN 2 km (1 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Crockett County, TN 34 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Crockett County
Lake County, TN 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Lauderdale County, TN 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 41 km (25 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Gibson County, TN 41 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Gibson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 1.8 5 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.5 5 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 4 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 6 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 6 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  10. 1.5 3 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 southeastern Missouri
  12. 2.3 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  13. 1.9 2 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.6 6 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 7 km NW 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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