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M 2.1md

3 km ESE of Hayward, Missouri

· 14 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 15 kmNew Madrid County 23 kmPemiscot County 24 kmDyer County 43 kmObion County 44 kmFulton County 44 kmDunklin County 47 kmMississippi County 57 kmStoddard County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Lake County, 15 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1130 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 36.3897, -89.6335. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 15 km (9 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 23 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 24 km (15 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dyer County, TN 43 km (27 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Obion County, TN 44 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Fulton County, KY 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton 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 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  2. 1.6 0 km E of Howardville, Missouri
  3. 1.5 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 2.3 2 km W of Newbern, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 3 km W of Newbern, Tennessee
  6. 2.0 3 km WSW of Newbern, Tennessee
  7. 1.7 3 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 2.5 2 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 2.2 7 km SSW of Holland, Missouri
  10. 1.8 9 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 southeastern Missouri
  12. 3.3 9 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 2.6 southeastern Missouri
  14. 1.8 10 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 2.3 southeastern 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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