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M 2.9md

10 km W of Henning, Tennessee

· 12 km deep · released about 590 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lauderdale County 12 kmTipton County 19 kmMississippi County 35 kmHaywood County 37 kmDyer County 51 kmCrockett County 53 kmShelby County 56 kmFayette County 57 kmPemiscot County 62 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
40 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lauderdale County, 12 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1005 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 40 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 590 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 26,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 590 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 35.6627, -89.6853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lauderdale County, TN 12 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Tipton County, TN 19 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tipton County
Mississippi County, AR 35 km (22 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Haywood County, TN 37 km (23 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Haywood County
Dyer County, TN 51 km (31 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Crockett County, TN 53 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Crockett County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  2. 2.2 6 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas
  3. 2.1 4 km E of Steele, Missouri
  4. 2.9 4 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  5. 2.5 5 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  6. 2.1 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  7. 2.2 5 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  8. 3.1 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  9. 2.6 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  10. 2.0 4 km S of Holland, Missouri
  11. 1.8 5 km NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas
  12. 2.1 1 km W of Cooter, Missouri
  13. 1.7 9 km WSW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  14. 2.0 2 km SE of Dell, Arkansas
  15. 2.3 6 km ENE of Steele, 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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