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M 1.8md

6 km W of East Prairie, Missouri

· 13 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 16 kmNew Madrid County 27 kmScott County 31 kmFulton County 36 kmStoddard County 44 kmCarlisle County 44 kmHickman County 45 kmAlexander County 46 kmBallard County 50 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 16 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1728 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 13 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 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 36.7842, -89.4635. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
New Madrid County, MO 27 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Scott County, MO 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Scott County
Fulton County, KY 36 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Stoddard County, MO 44 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Carlisle County, KY 44 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carlisle 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. 1.8 0 km ENE of Howardville, Missouri
  2. 2.1 3 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 2 km NNW of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.8 5 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.8 2 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 11 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  7. 1.7 3 km ENE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  8. 1.6 7 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  9. 1.9 6 km E of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.7 2 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.6 4 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  12. 1.8 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 2.0 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.7 4 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri
  15. 1.6 8 km SE of Marston, 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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