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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

6 km NW of Lepanto, Arkansas

· 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Poinsett County 28 kmCraighead County 30 kmMississippi County 33 kmCrittenden County 51 kmCross County 53 kmGreene County 55 kmTipton County 60 kmDunklin County 63 kmShelby County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Poinsett County, 28 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1068 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 35.6482, -90.3873. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Poinsett County, AR 28 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Poinsett County
Craighead County, AR 30 km (18 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Mississippi County, AR 33 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Crittenden County, AR 51 km (31 mi) N of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
Cross County, AR 53 km (33 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cross County
Greene County, AR 55 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Greene County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km WNW of Victoria, Arkansas
  2. 1.8 7 km WSW of Marked Tree, Arkansas
  3. 1.9 3 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  4. 1.9 3 km NW of Dell, Arkansas
  5. 1.9 5 km W of Dell, Arkansas
  6. 2.0 4 km NE of Dell, Arkansas
  7. 2.4 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  8. 2.2 6 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas
  9. 2.1 7 km WSW of Etowah, Arkansas
  10. 2.2 5 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  11. 3.1 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  12. 2.6 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  13. 1.8 5 km S of Caraway, Arkansas
  14. 2.0 2 km SE of Dell, Arkansas
  15. 1.8 9 km S of Trumann, Arkansas

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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