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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

7 km WSW of Metropolis, Illinois

· 15 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McCracken County 13 kmMassac County 14 kmBallard County 19 kmPulaski County 29 kmCarlisle County 34 kmJohnson County 37 kmPope County 40 kmLivingston County 41 kmAlexander County 47 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 2.0 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
McCracken County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1933 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 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 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 37.1323, -88.8175. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McCracken County, KY 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near McCracken County
Massac County, IL 14 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Massac County
Ballard County, KY 19 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Ballard County
Pulaski County, IL 29 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pulaski County
Carlisle County, KY 34 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Johnson County, IL 37 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Johnson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 6 km NW of Massac, Kentucky
  2. 2.3 4 km SSW of Burna, Kentucky
  3. 2.0 3 km NE of Ullin, Illinois
  4. 2.4 2 km NNE of Wilson City, Missouri
  5. 1.6 3 km WNW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  6. 1.9 5 km ENE of Kevil, Kentucky
  7. 2.1 1 km WSW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  8. 2.2 4 km ENE of Olmsted, Illinois
  9. 1.6 Illinois-Kentucky border region
  10. 1.8 5 km NNE of Bandana, Kentucky
  11. 2.6 3 km ENE of Wilson City, Missouri
  12. 1.9 4 km WNW of Barlow, Kentucky
  13. 2.0 2 km NNE of Wilson City, Missouri
  14. 2.4 2 km ENE of Wilson City, Missouri
  15. 2.0 southeastern 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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