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M 2.1md

5 km NW of Sidney, Arkansas

· 12 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Izard County 20 kmSharp County 26 kmIndependence County 35 kmFulton County 40 kmStone County 44 kmLawrence County 54 kmCleburne County 56 kmBaxter County 63 kmJackson County 65 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Izard County, 20 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 660 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 44 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 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 36.0342, -91.7002. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Izard County, AR 20 km (13 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Izard County
Sharp County, AR 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sharp County
Independence County, AR 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Independence County
Fulton County, AR 40 km (25 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Stone County, AR 44 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Stone County
Lawrence County, AR 54 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lawrence County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  2. 1.7 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  4. 2.4 4 km WNW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  5. 2.1 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  6. 2.2 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  7. 1.6 3 km NE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 4 km NNW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  9. 1.6 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  10. 1.9 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  11. 2.4 5 km WSW of Southside, Arkansas
  12. 2.1 5 km SSW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  13. 2.2 2 km W of Lynn, Arkansas
  14. 1.8 2 km SW of Lynn, Arkansas
  15. 1.8 2 km W 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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