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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

11 km W of Clinton, Arkansas

· 13 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Van Buren County 6 kmSearcy County 36 kmConway County 37 kmPope County 42 kmStone County 50 kmCleburne County 52 kmFaulkner County 54 kmNewton County 67 kmMarion County 76 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Van Buren County, 6 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 443 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 35.5883, -92.5872. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Van Buren County, AR 6 km (4 mi) W of here earthquakes near Van Buren County
Searcy County, AR 36 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Searcy County
Conway County, AR 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Conway County
Pope County, AR 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Pope County
Stone County, AR 50 km (31 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Stone County
Cleburne County, AR 52 km (32 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cleburne 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. 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. 2.2 14 km NE of Pelsor, Arkansas
  7. 2.3 14 km NE of Pelsor, Arkansas
  8. 2.4 14 km NE of Pelsor, 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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