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M 1.8md

3 km NE of Gosnell, Arkansas

· 0.0 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dunklin County 22 kmMississippi County 26 kmPemiscot County 29 kmLauderdale County 38 kmDyer County 50 kmTipton County 57 kmLake County 57 kmGreene County 58 kmClay County 60 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dunklin County, 22 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1172 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 35.9808, -89.9477. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dunklin County, MO 22 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Mississippi County, AR 26 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Pemiscot County, MO 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lauderdale County, TN 38 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Dyer County, TN 50 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Tipton County, TN 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km SSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.7 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.5 5 km NNW of Victoria, Arkansas
  4. 1.5 4 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 0 km SSE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  6. 2.3 southeastern Missouri
  7. 2.2 7 km SSW of Holland, Missouri
  8. 1.8 9 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  10. 1.8 10 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 2.9 10 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  12. 2.5 10 km S of Bragg City, Missouri
  13. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  14. 1.8 7 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  15. 1.5 6 km SSE 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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