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M 2.6md

3 km ENE of Wilson City, Missouri

· 6.0 km deep · released about 230 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 16 kmBallard County 20 kmCarlisle County 21 kmAlexander County 31 kmPulaski County 31 kmHickman County 35 kmScott County 36 kmFulton County 43 kmMcCracken County 44 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mississippi County, 16 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1065 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 230 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 65,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 46,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 230 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 36.9400, -89.1865. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 16 km (10 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Ballard County, KY 20 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ballard County
Carlisle County, KY 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Carlisle County
Alexander County, IL 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Alexander County
Pulaski County, IL 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Pulaski County
Hickman County, KY 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Hickman County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km WNW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  2. 1.9 5 km ENE of Kevil, Kentucky
  3. 2.1 1 km WSW of Mill Creek, Illinois
  4. 2.4 4 km ESE of Matthews, Missouri
  5. 1.9 5 km NW of New Madrid, Missouri
  6. 1.9 4 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  7. 1.7 4 km ENE of North Lilbourn, Missouri
  8. 2.2 4 km ENE of Olmsted, Illinois
  9. 1.8 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  10. 1.9 3 km SE of Bertrand, Missouri
  11. 2.8 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  12. 1.6 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  13. 1.6 Illinois-Kentucky border region
  14. 1.8 5 km NNE of Bandana, Kentucky

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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