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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

4 km ESE of Howardville, Missouri

· 4.3 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
New Madrid County, 10 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 884 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 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 36.5458, -89.5557. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 10 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 24 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Fulton County, KY 33 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Mississippi County, MO 39 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Obion County, TN 42 km (26 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Obion County
Pemiscot County, MO 43 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 2.0 0 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 2.3 9 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  4. 1.8 6 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 4 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  6. 1.5 3 km WNW of Marston, Missouri
  7. 2.1 8 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.8 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.6 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.4 4 km W of Parma, Missouri
  11. 2.1 10 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 5 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  13. 1.6 7 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  14. 1.9 4 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 1.9 6 km NW of Tiptonville, 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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