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M 2.5md

9 km SE of New Madrid, Missouri

· 6.1 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
New Madrid County, 20 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1114 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 36.5213, -89.4555. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 20 km (12 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 21 km (13 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
Fulton County, KY 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 33 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Mississippi County, MO 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Pemiscot County, MO 46 km (28 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 6 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  3. 1.6 3 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  5. 1.5 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 2.8 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  7. 1.6 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.9 0 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 1 km N of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.2 3 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.6 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  12. 1.7 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 1.7 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 2.0 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  15. 1.7 7 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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