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M 2.1md

12 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas

· 7.0 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N White County 23 kmIndependence County 34 kmCleburne County 35 kmJackson County 44 kmWoodruff County 48 kmStone County 62 kmFaulkner County 69 kmPrairie County 69 kmIzard County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
White County, 23 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 356 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 49 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 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 35.4477, -91.6703. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
White County, AR 23 km (14 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near White County
Independence County, AR 34 km (21 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Independence County
Cleburne County, AR 35 km (22 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cleburne County
Jackson County, AR 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Woodruff County, AR 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Woodruff County
Stone County, AR 62 km (39 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stone County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 13 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  2. 2.4 5 km WSW of Southside, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 3 km NNE of Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
  4. 2.0 11 km S of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  5. 2.3 3 km NW of Mount Vernon, Arkansas
  6. 2.2 11 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  7. 1.9 11 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  8. 2.2 12 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  9. 1.9 11 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  10. 1.9 13 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 11 km SW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  12. 1.7 11 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, 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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