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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

5 km NW of Cape Girardeau, Missouri

· 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cape Girardeau County 12 kmAlexander County 26 kmScott County 32 kmUnion County 33 kmBollinger County 41 kmPulaski County 41 kmPerry County 47 kmJackson County 53 kmBallard County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cape Girardeau County, 12 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1690 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 37.3343, -89.5670. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cape Girardeau County, MO 12 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cape Girardeau County
Alexander County, IL 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Alexander County
Scott County, MO 32 km (20 mi) N of here earthquakes near Scott County
Union County, IL 33 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Union County
Bollinger County, MO 41 km (25 mi) E of here earthquakes near Bollinger County
Pulaski County, IL 41 km (26 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pulaski County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km WNW of Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  2. 1.6 11 km WNW of Jonesboro, Illinois
  3. 2.0 3 km NE of Ullin, Illinois
  4. 1.6 3 km WNW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  5. 2.1 1 km WSW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  6. 2.2 4 km ENE of Olmsted, Illinois
  7. 2.0 3 km SSW of McClure, Illinois
  8. 2.0 3 km WSW of Cape Girardeau, 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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