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mine collapse · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

4 km SSW of Burna, Kentucky

· 7.7 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Livingston County, 2 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 577 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as mine collapse, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 37.2135, -88.3857. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Livingston County, KY 2 km (1 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Livingston County
Pope County, IL 27 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pope County
Massac County, IL 28 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Massac County
Crittenden County, KY 30 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
McCracken County, KY 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McCracken County
Lyon County, KY 34 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.5 6 km NW of Massac, Kentucky

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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