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M 2.8md

1 km NW of Marston, Missouri

· 11 km deep · released about 450 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N New Madrid County 7 kmLake County 25 kmPemiscot County 39 kmFulton County 39 kmMississippi County 44 kmStoddard County 46 kmObion County 47 kmDyer County 57 kmDunklin County 57 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
New Madrid County, 7 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 442 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 450 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 34,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 24,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 450 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 36.5322, -89.6258. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
New Madrid County, MO 7 km (5 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Lake County, TN 25 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pemiscot County, MO 39 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Fulton County, KY 39 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Mississippi County, MO 44 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Stoddard County, MO 46 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  2. 1.5 2 km NE of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.9 6 km SSW of Catron, Missouri
  4. 1.8 8 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 1.8 8 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  6. 1.8 6 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.8 10 km N of New Madrid, Missouri
  8. 1.9 1 km NE of Howardville, Missouri
  9. 1.6 2 km SSE of Howardville, Missouri
  10. 1.7 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.7 5 km SSE of Bertrand, Missouri
  12. 2.4 6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  13. 1.9 5 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  14. 1.5 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  15. 2.3 2 km E of Caruthersville, 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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