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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

2 km SW of Howardville, Missouri

· 6.7 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 6 kmLake County 27 kmFulton County 38 kmPemiscot County 41 kmMississippi County 42 kmStoddard County 45 kmObion County 47 kmScott County 55 kmDyer County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
New Madrid County, 6 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1552 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 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 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 36.5505, -89.6163. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 6 km (4 mi) SE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 27 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Fulton County, KY 38 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Pemiscot County, MO 41 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Mississippi County, MO 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Stoddard County, MO 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 southeastern Missouri
  2. 1.6 4 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  3. 2.5 1 km NE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.7 southeastern Missouri
  5. 1.8 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  6. 1.6 7 km SSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  7. 1.6 3 km SW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.7 southeastern Missouri
  10. 1.8 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  12. 2.3 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 2.0 southeastern Missouri
  14. 2.1 6 km NW of Parma, Missouri
  15. 1.6 8 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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