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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

7 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 10.0 km deep · released about 780 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 10 kmNew Madrid County 23 kmPemiscot County 31 kmFulton County 35 kmObion County 36 kmDyer County 42 kmMississippi County 51 kmDunklin County 55 kmHickman County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
10.0 km below the surface
Felt
18 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lake County, 10 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1018 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 18 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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 36.4110, -89.5407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 10 km (6 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 23 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Obion County, TN 36 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Dyer County, TN 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 0 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  2. 1.6 2 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 0 km NNW of Howardville, Missouri
  4. 2.0 8 km SW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 2 km ENE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  6. 1.5 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  7. 1.6 3 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 2.7 5 km WNW of Trimble, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 1.9 8 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 2 km NNE of Cooter, Missouri
  12. 2.0 3 km SW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 2 km N of Cooter, Missouri
  14. 2.1 1 km W of Howardville, Missouri
  15. 1.5 7 km W of Dyersburg, 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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