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M 1.6md

4 km W of Marked Tree, Arkansas

· 4.8 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Poinsett County 19 kmCraighead County 35 kmCross County 39 kmCrittenden County 41 kmMississippi County 45 kmSt. Francis County 63 kmGreene County 65 kmShelby County 65 kmTipton County 66 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Poinsett County, 19 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 711 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 35.5403, -90.4693. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Poinsett County, AR 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Poinsett County
Craighead County, AR 35 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Cross County, AR 39 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cross County
Crittenden County, AR 41 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Crittenden County
Mississippi County, AR 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
St. Francis County, AR 63 km (39 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near St. Francis County

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

Aftershocks so far

10 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 5 km W of Dell, Arkansas
  5. 2.1 7 km WSW of Etowah, Arkansas
  6. 1.8 5 km S of Caraway, Arkansas
  7. 1.8 9 km S of Trumann, Arkansas
  8. 2.1 6 km SW of Etowah, Arkansas
  9. 1.9 6 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  10. 2.3 2 km WSW of Lake City, 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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