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M 2.4md

6 km S of Marston, Missouri

· 13 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 15 kmLake County 18 kmPemiscot County 32 kmFulton County 40 kmObion County 43 kmDyer County 49 kmMississippi County 50 kmDunklin County 53 kmStoddard County 53 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
New Madrid County, 15 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1761 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 36.4602, -89.6168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 15 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 18 km (11 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 32 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 40 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Dyer County, TN 49 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer 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. 1.9 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 2.0 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.6 3 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 5 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  5. 1.5 10 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 6 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.6 2 km NE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.7 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 2.0 9 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 1.9 6 km SE of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 1.6 4 km ESE of Howardville, Missouri
  13. 1.5 11 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.6 7 km NE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  15. 1.6 9 km NNW 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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