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M 2.0md

3 km WSW of Cape Girardeau, Missouri

· 0.1 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cape Girardeau County 16 kmAlexander County 22 kmScott County 27 kmUnion County 35 kmPulaski County 39 kmBollinger County 42 kmPerry County 52 kmBallard County 55 kmMississippi County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
0.1 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Cape Girardeau County, 16 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1426 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 37.2895, -89.5537. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cape Girardeau County, MO 16 km (10 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Cape Girardeau County
Alexander County, IL 22 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alexander County
Scott County, MO 27 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Scott County
Union County, IL 35 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Union County
Pulaski County, IL 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pulaski County
Bollinger County, MO 42 km (26 mi) E of here earthquakes near Bollinger County

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

Aftershocks so far

15 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. 1.7 5 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  4. 2.0 3 km NE of Ullin, Illinois
  5. 2.4 2 km NNE of Wilson City, Missouri
  6. 2.3 5 km SSW of Charleston, Missouri
  7. 1.6 3 km WNW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  8. 2.1 1 km WSW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  9. 1.9 4 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  10. 2.2 4 km ENE of Olmsted, Illinois
  11. 1.9 3 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri
  12. 1.9 4 km WNW of Barlow, Kentucky
  13. 2.0 2 km NNE of Wilson City, Missouri
  14. 2.0 southeastern Missouri
  15. 2.0 3 km SSW of McClure, 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.

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