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M 1.9md

5 km NW of Weingarten, Missouri

· 5.1 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ste. Genevieve County 10 kmSt. Francois County 23 kmMonroe County 40 kmRandolph County 41 kmJefferson County 45 kmPerry County 47 kmMadison County 51 kmIron County 51 kmWashington County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Ste. Genevieve County, 10 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 950 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 37.9263, -90.2580. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ste. Genevieve County, MO 10 km (6 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ste. Genevieve County
St. Francois County, MO 23 km (14 mi) NE of here earthquakes near St. Francois County
Monroe County, IL 40 km (25 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Randolph County, IL 41 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Jefferson County, MO 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Perry County, MO 47 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Perry County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 14 km SSE of Weingarten, Missouri
  2. 2.0 6 km SSW of Valmeyer, Illinois
  3. 2.2 15 km SW of Ozora, Missouri
  4. 1.7 3 km WNW of Olympian Village, Missouri
  5. 2.3 4 km S of Valmeyer, Illinois
  6. 2.4 8 km SW of Ozora, Missouri
  7. 2.3 4 km E of Herculaneum, 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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