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M 1.6md

4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri

· 7.2 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 4 kmLake County 29 kmPemiscot County 40 kmFulton County 41 kmStoddard County 42 kmMississippi County 44 kmObion County 50 kmScott County 55 kmDunklin County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 4 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1126 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 36.5542, -89.6515. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 4 km (3 mi) S of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 29 km (18 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 40 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 41 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Stoddard County, MO 42 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Mississippi County, MO 44 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi 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. 2.1 southeastern Missouri
  2. 1.7 0 km SSE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  3. 1.5 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  4. 1.9 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.6 2 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 2 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.5 2 km NE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.6 southeastern Missouri
  9. 2.0 3 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 southeastern Missouri
  11. 1.8 9 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  12. 1.6 0 km E of Howardville, Missouri
  13. 1.5 1 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 3 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 2.5 2 km NNE of Marston, 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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