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M 2.1md

8 km NE of Smithville, Arkansas

· 17 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lawrence County 16 kmSharp County 22 kmRandolph County 30 kmIndependence County 52 kmFulton County 59 kmJackson County 59 kmGreene County 60 kmIzard County 61 kmOregon County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lawrence County, 16 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 869 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 47 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 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 36.1298, -91.2360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lawrence County, AR 16 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lawrence County
Sharp County, AR 22 km (13 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sharp County
Randolph County, AR 30 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Randolph County
Independence County, AR 52 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Independence County
Fulton County, AR 59 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Jackson County, AR 59 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Jackson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  2. 2.2 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  3. 1.6 3 km NE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  4. 1.8 4 km NNW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  5. 1.6 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  6. 1.9 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  7. 2.1 5 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 9 km W of Maynard, Arkansas
  9. 2.2 2 km W of Lynn, Arkansas
  10. 1.8 2 km SW of Lynn, Arkansas
  11. 1.8 2 km W of Lynn, Arkansas
  12. 1.7 3 km WNW of Lynn, Arkansas
  13. 2.2 4 km SSE of Maynard, Arkansas
  14. 2.1 3 km WNW of Lynn, Arkansas
  15. 2.0 4 km NW of Lynn, Arkansas

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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