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M 2.2md

6 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee

· 10 km deep · released about 62 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 6 kmNew Madrid County 27 kmPemiscot County 28 kmObion County 35 kmDyer County 37 kmFulton County 38 kmDunklin County 53 kmMississippi County 55 kmHickman County 61 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lake County, 6 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 678 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 62 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 240,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 62 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 36.3682, -89.5393. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, TN 6 km (4 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
New Madrid County, MO 27 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Pemiscot County, MO 28 km (18 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Obion County, TN 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Obion County
Dyer County, TN 37 km (23 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Fulton County, KY 38 km (23 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fulton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 10 km N of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  2. 2.8 8 km WNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 2 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 2.0 3 km ENE of Lilbourn, Missouri
  5. 1.9 7 km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.6 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  8. 1.9 9 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.1 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  11. 1.9 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  12. 1.8 4 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  14. 1.8 5 km ENE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  15. 1.9 12 km E of New Madrid, 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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