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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

5 km W of Damascus, Arkansas

· 4.2 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Conway County 23 kmVan Buren County 24 kmFaulkner County 27 kmCleburne County 49 kmPope County 51 kmStone County 62 kmSearcy County 62 kmPerry County 63 kmWhite County 66 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
4.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Conway County, 23 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 763 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 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 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× 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 35.3682, -92.4713. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Conway County, AR 23 km (14 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Conway County
Van Buren County, AR 24 km (15 mi) S of here earthquakes near Van Buren County
Faulkner County, AR 27 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Faulkner County
Cleburne County, AR 49 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleburne County
Pope County, AR 51 km (32 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pope County
Stone County, AR 62 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Stone 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. 2.0 17 km NNE of Hector, Arkansas
  2. 2.0 4 km SSE of Hector, Arkansas
  3. 2.3 3 km NW of Mount Vernon, Arkansas
  4. 1.7 8 km SW of Heber Springs, Arkansas
  5. 2.3 3 km NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas
  6. 2.0 3 km SSE of Guy, Arkansas
  7. 2.4 11 km W of Clinton, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 2 km WNW of Enola, Arkansas
  9. 2.2 10 km WSW of Center Ridge, 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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