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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee

· 6.6 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.6 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lake County, 10 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1149 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 36.2525, -89.4468. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 10 km (6 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dyer County, TN 22 km (14 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Obion County, TN 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Pemiscot County, MO 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 41 km (25 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
New Madrid County, MO 42 km (26 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  2. 1.9 southeastern Missouri
  3. 2.3 10 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.6 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  5. 1.6 10 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 0 km NW of Howardville, Missouri
  7. 1.6 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.7 southeastern Missouri
  9. 1.7 7 km S of Catron, Missouri
  10. 2.4 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  11. 2.1 3 km ESE of Hayward, Missouri
  12. 2.0 6 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 9 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  14. 1.6 6 km E of Marston, Missouri
  15. 1.7 1 km NNW of Cooter, 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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