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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

4 km NW of Gosnell, Arkansas

· 18 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dunklin County 19 kmMississippi County 25 kmPemiscot County 32 kmLauderdale County 43 kmGreene County 52 kmDyer County 55 kmClay County 56 kmCraighead County 59 kmTipton County 59 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dunklin County, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 907 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 35.9897, -90.0075. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dunklin County, MO 19 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Mississippi County, AR 25 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Pemiscot County, MO 32 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lauderdale County, TN 43 km (26 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Greene County, AR 52 km (33 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Greene County
Dyer County, TN 55 km (34 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dyer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km WSW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  2. 3.2 1 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  3. 2.8 8 km W of Henning, Tennessee
  4. 2.5 6 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas
  5. 1.5 3 km E of Steele, Missouri
  6. 2.1 3 km E of Steele, Missouri
  7. 3.7 2 km E of Steele, Missouri
  8. 1.8 4 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  9. 1.6 9 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
  10. 2.1 2 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 2.0 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  12. 2.3 9 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  13. 1.9 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  14. 2.3 7 km SSE of Manila, Arkansas
  15. 2.5 5 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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