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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

5 km SE of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 3.7 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lake County, 6 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1493 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 36 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 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 36.3488, -89.4228. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 6 km (4 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Obion County, TN 25 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Fulton County, KY 31 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Dyer County, TN 33 km (20 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dyer County
New Madrid County, MO 34 km (21 mi) SE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 36 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 4 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 4 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  5. 2.1 4 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  6. 1.5 3 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  8. 1.8 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 2.3 1 km E of Howardville, Missouri
  10. 1.5 4 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 4 km ENE of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  12. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  13. 1.7 4 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 2 km ESE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  15. 1.5 5 km SE of Marston, 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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