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M 1.7md

5 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 9.5 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lake County, 4 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1238 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 36.3497, -89.5262. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 4 km (3 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 28 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
New Madrid County, MO 30 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Obion County, TN 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Dyer County, TN 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Fulton County, KY 38 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fulton 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. 1.7 8 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 2.2 5 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 1 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.6 3 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 10 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 southeastern Missouri
  7. 1.9 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.8 5 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 1 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  11. 1.7 10 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 1.7 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 1.7 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  14. 1.6 5 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  15. 1.8 3 km S of East Prairie, Missouri

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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