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M 2.6md
Earthquake near Carmi, IL
No earthquake was likely felt in Carmi in the 24 hours to 3:54 am CST (09:54 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 55 km (34 mi) NNE, at 2:05 am CDT on 29 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 392 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Carmi
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) west-northwest of Carmi, IL, at 8:40 pm CDT on 12 April 2022 (01:40 UTC), 15 km deep. 17 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km SE of Springerton, Illinois
72 km (44 mi) WNW of Evansville, IN
- When
- 8:40 pm CDT on 12 April 2022 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) west-northwest of Carmi, IL · earthquakes near Carmi
- Illinois today
- every earthquake in Illinois in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 17 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- White County, 15 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wabash Valley liquefaction features, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1605 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 47 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Carmi, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Norris City, McLeansboro.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 5 km SSW of Norris City, Illinois · 25 km S of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.1595, -88.3223. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White County, IL | 15 km (9 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near White County |
| Hamilton County, IL | 21 km (13 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Hamilton County |
| Wayne County, IL | 32 km (20 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Wayne County |
| Edwards County, IL | 37 km (23 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Edwards County |
| Posey County, IN | 42 km (26 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Posey County |
| Gallatin County, IL | 44 km (27 mi) | S | earthquakes near Gallatin County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 5 km WNW of Grayville, Illinois
- 2.1 4 km NW of Bone Gap, Illinois
- 2.4 4 km WSW of Enfield, Illinois
- 2.1 9 km E of Thompsonville, Illinois
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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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