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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Manila, AR

No earthquake was likely felt in Manila in the 24 hours to 3:50 am CST (09:50 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 44 km (28 mi) NE, at 7:04 am CDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Manila

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) south of Manila, AR, at 12:16 am CST on 11 November 2022 (06:16 UTC), 6.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 8 km S of Manila, Arkansas

79 km (49 mi) NNW of Memphis, TN · 48 km (30 mi) E of Jonesboro, AR

12:16 am CST, Nov 11, 2022 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 9 kmDunklin County 40 kmCraighead County 44 kmLauderdale County 47 kmTipton County 49 kmGreene County 52 kmPoinsett County 55 kmPemiscot County 56 kmClay County 68 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:16 am CST on 11 November 2022 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) south of Manila, AR · earthquakes near Manila
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mississippi County, 9 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1390 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Manila, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Manila 9 km, intensity III · Blytheville 25 km, intensity II · Steele 43 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 35.8008, -90.1482. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mississippi County, AR 9 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Mississippi County
Dunklin County, MO 40 km (25 mi) N earthquakes near Dunklin County
Craighead County, AR 44 km (27 mi) W earthquakes near Craighead County
Lauderdale County, TN 47 km (29 mi) E earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Tipton County, TN 49 km (31 mi) SE earthquakes near Tipton County
Greene County, AR 52 km (32 mi) NW earthquakes near Greene County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  2. 2.0 0 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  3. 1.5 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  4. 1.6 3 km SSE of Caraway, Arkansas
  5. 1.8 2 km NNE of Cooter, Missouri
  6. 1.7 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  7. 1.8 2 km N of Cooter, Missouri
  8. 1.6 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  9. 3.8 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  10. 1.6 1 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 Arkansas
  12. 1.7 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  13. 1.5 5 km NNW of Victoria, Arkansas
  14. 1.7 6 km NW of Lepanto, Arkansas
  15. 2.2 7 km SSW of Holland, 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.

On USGS

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