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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

5 km SW of Madison, Missouri

· 0.2 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Randolph County 21 kmMonroe County 22 kmShelby County 42 kmAudrain County 43 kmBoone County 50 kmHoward County 50 kmMacon County 51 kmChariton County 62 kmRalls County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
0.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Randolph County, 21 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1323 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 39.4378, -92.2520. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Randolph County, MO 21 km (13 mi) E of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Monroe County, MO 22 km (14 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Shelby County, MO 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Shelby County
Audrain County, MO 43 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Audrain County
Boone County, MO 50 km (31 mi) N of here earthquakes near Boone County
Howard County, MO 50 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Howard County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.6 4 km SW of Madison, 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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