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M 2.6md

2 km NNW of Dell, Arkansas

· 8.4 km deep · released about 230 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mississippi County, 12 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1421 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 230 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 65,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 46,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 230 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 35.8745, -90.0547. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 12 km (7 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 40 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Pemiscot County, MO 44 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Tipton County, TN 50 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Craighead County, AR 52 km (32 mi) E of here earthquakes near Craighead County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 1.8 1 km WNW of Etowah, Arkansas
  3. 1.9 5 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas
  4. 1.9 7 km ENE of Etowah, Arkansas
  5. 1.6 4 km SSE of Caraway, Arkansas
  6. 1.8 3 km NE of Gosnell, Arkansas
  7. 1.9 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  8. 1.9 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  9. 2.0 Arkansas
  10. 1.8 1 km N of Cooter, Missouri
  11. 1.6 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  12. 1.6 3 km SE of Holland, Missouri
  13. 1.7 Arkansas
  14. 1.7 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  15. 1.9 1 km NW of Blytheville, 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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