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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

3 km WSW of Newbern, Tennessee

· 4.1 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dyer County 11 kmLake County 31 kmObion County 32 kmCrockett County 35 kmGibson County 35 kmPemiscot County 45 kmLauderdale County 48 kmFulton County 51 kmWeakley County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
4.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dyer County, 11 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1054 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 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 36.1042, -89.2990. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dyer County, TN 11 km (7 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Obion County, TN 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Crockett County, TN 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Crockett County
Gibson County, TN 35 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Gibson County
Pemiscot County, MO 45 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.6 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.6 13 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  4. 1.6 8 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 5 km NW of Samburg, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.4 6 km S of Marston, Missouri
  8. 2.1 4 km NE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  9. 2.5 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  10. 1.5 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 2.1 9 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  12. 1.6 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 2.4 4 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.6 4 km E of Caruthersville, Missouri
  15. 1.6 2 km NW of Ridgely, 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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