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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

6 km NNW of New Madrid, Missouri

· 13 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 11 kmMississippi County 30 kmFulton County 34 kmLake County 35 kmStoddard County 43 kmScott County 45 kmObion County 48 kmHickman County 51 kmPemiscot County 53 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
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
New Madrid County, 11 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1324 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 36.6465, -89.5448. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 11 km (7 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Mississippi County, MO 30 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Fulton County, KY 34 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Lake County, TN 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
Stoddard County, MO 43 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Scott County, MO 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Scott County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 2.2 southeastern Missouri
  3. 2.2 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.6 1 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.8 1 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 southeastern Missouri
  7. 1.8 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.6 2 km E of Howardville, Missouri
  9. 2.1 southeastern Missouri
  10. 1.7 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  12. 1.6 6 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  14. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  15. 1.6 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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