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M 1.8md

5 km SE of Marston, Missouri

· 10.0 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 15 kmLake County 18 kmFulton County 35 kmPemiscot County 36 kmObion County 40 kmMississippi County 45 kmDyer County 50 kmStoddard County 53 kmDunklin County 57 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
10.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 15 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1272 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 36.4807, -89.5690. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 18 km (11 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Fulton County, KY 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Pemiscot County, MO 36 km (22 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Obion County, TN 40 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Mississippi County, MO 45 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 1.8 3 km WNW of New Madrid, Missouri
  3. 1.6 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.7 8 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 2.3 7 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  6. 1.6 2 km SW of Howardville, Missouri
  7. 1.6 3 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 1.6 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.9 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  10. 1.6 7 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.5 7 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  12. 1.7 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 2.8 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.6 2 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee

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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