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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

10 km WSW of Center Ridge, Arkansas

· 11 km deep · released about 56 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Conway County 7 kmVan Buren County 32 kmFaulkner County 35 kmPope County 36 kmPerry County 48 kmSearcy County 64 kmCleburne County 66 kmPulaski County 69 kmSaline County 75 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 2.2 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Conway County, 7 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 755 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 56 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 17× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 56 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 35.3240, -92.6602. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Conway County, AR 7 km (4 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Conway County
Van Buren County, AR 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Van Buren County
Faulkner County, AR 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Faulkner County
Pope County, AR 36 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pope County
Perry County, AR 48 km (30 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Perry County
Searcy County, AR 64 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Searcy County

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

Aftershocks so far

8 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. 2.3 3 km NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas
  5. 2.0 3 km SSE of Guy, Arkansas
  6. 2.0 1 km SW of Pottsville, Arkansas
  7. 2.4 11 km W of Clinton, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 2 km WNW of Enola, 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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