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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

5 km NNE of Greenbrier, Arkansas

· 3.4 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Faulkner County 15 kmConway County 30 kmVan Buren County 36 kmCleburne County 48 kmWhite County 56 kmPulaski County 57 kmPerry County 63 kmPope County 63 kmStone County 67 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Faulkner County, 15 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 758 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 37 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 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 35.2790, -92.3645. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Faulkner County, AR 15 km (9 mi) N of here earthquakes near Faulkner County
Conway County, AR 30 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Conway County
Van Buren County, AR 36 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Van Buren County
Cleburne County, AR 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleburne County
White County, AR 56 km (35 mi) W of here earthquakes near White County
Pulaski County, AR 57 km (35 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pulaski County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km NNE of Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
  2. 2.3 3 km NW of Mount Vernon, Arkansas
  3. 1.7 8 km SW of Heber Springs, Arkansas
  4. 2.3 3 km NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas
  5. 2.0 3 km SSE of Guy, Arkansas
  6. 2.4 11 km W of Clinton, Arkansas
  7. 1.8 2 km WNW of Enola, Arkansas
  8. 2.2 10 km WSW of Center Ridge, Arkansas
  9. 1.9 5 km W of Damascus, 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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