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M 2.8md

6 km SSE of Catron, Missouri

· 9.2 km deep · released about 490 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Nearest
New Madrid County, 5 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1363 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 490 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 31,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 490 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 36.5510, -89.6845. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 5 km (3 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 30 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 39 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Stoddard County, MO 41 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Fulton County, KY 44 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Mississippi County, MO 46 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 7 km S of Catron, Missouri
  2. 1.6 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.7 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  8. 1.8 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.6 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.7 4 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.5 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.7 2 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 southeastern Missouri
  14. 1.8 9 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  15. 1.6 7 km NNW of Ridgely, 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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