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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

5 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 7.2 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 10 kmNew Madrid County 23 kmFulton County 31 kmObion County 32 kmPemiscot County 36 kmDyer County 42 kmMississippi County 48 kmHickman County 54 kmDunklin County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lake County, 10 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1416 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 36.4277, -89.4958. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 10 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 23 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Fulton County, KY 31 km (19 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Pemiscot County, MO 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dyer County, TN 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  2. 1.7 4 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  4. 2.0 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  5. 2.1 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  6. 1.6 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.0 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  8. 3.1 7 km S of Catron, Missouri
  9. 1.6 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  11. 1.7 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 1.7 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 2.0 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 7 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.8 southeastern 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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