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M 1.7md

3 km NW of Dell, Arkansas

· 17 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 12 kmDunklin County 31 kmLauderdale County 42 kmPemiscot County 46 kmCraighead County 50 kmTipton County 51 kmGreene County 52 kmClay County 63 kmPoinsett County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 12 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 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 9.6 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 1,600,000× 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 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 35.8753, -90.0782. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 12 km (8 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Lauderdale County, TN 42 km (26 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 46 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Craighead County, AR 50 km (31 mi) E of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Tipton County, TN 51 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tipton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  2. 2.9 10 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  3. 2.5 10 km S of Bragg City, Missouri
  4. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  5. 1.8 7 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  6. 1.8 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  7. 2.4 Tennessee
  8. 2.3 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  9. 1.6 5 km NNE of Etowah, Arkansas
  10. 2.0 8 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 1.9 9 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  12. 1.7 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  13. 1.7 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  14. 1.8 1 km WNW of Etowah, Arkansas
  15. 1.9 5 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas

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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