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M 2.8md

8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri

· 6.8 km deep · released about 460 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pemiscot County 11 kmDunklin County 29 kmDyer County 32 kmLake County 33 kmLauderdale County 41 kmMississippi County 48 kmNew Madrid County 54 kmObion County 60 kmCrockett County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Pemiscot County, 11 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1723 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 460 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 33,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 23,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 460 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 36.1157, -89.7428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pemiscot County, MO 11 km (7 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dunklin County, MO 29 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Dyer County, TN 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 33 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Lauderdale County, TN 41 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Mississippi County, AR 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mississippi 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. 1.6 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  3. 2.0 1 km W of Cooter, Missouri
  4. 2.2 4 km NNE of Manila, Arkansas
  5. 1.6 3 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  6. 1.9 5 km E of Steele, Missouri
  7. 1.5 1 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.6 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 9 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 2 km E of Steele, Missouri
  11. 1.6 5 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 2.4 4 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.8 2 km SSE of Howardville, Missouri
  15. 1.8 5 km SE of Ridgely, 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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