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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

5 km S of Caraway, Arkansas

· 11 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 25 kmCraighead County 32 kmPoinsett County 37 kmGreene County 52 kmDunklin County 55 kmTipton County 56 kmCrittenden County 56 kmCross County 62 kmLauderdale County 62 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 25 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 474 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 35.7052, -90.3133. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, AR 25 km (15 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
Craighead County, AR 32 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Craighead County
Poinsett County, AR 37 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Poinsett County
Greene County, AR 52 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Greene County
Dunklin County, MO 55 km (34 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Tipton County, TN 56 km (35 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Tipton County

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

Aftershocks so far

15 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 1 km W of Blytheville, Arkansas
  4. 1.9 3 km N of Etowah, Arkansas
  5. 1.9 3 km NW of Dell, Arkansas
  6. 1.9 5 km W of Dell, Arkansas
  7. 2.0 4 km NE of Dell, Arkansas
  8. 1.7 2 km N of Blytheville, Arkansas
  9. 2.4 3 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  10. 2.2 6 km NNE of Dell, Arkansas
  11. 2.1 7 km WSW of Etowah, Arkansas
  12. 2.2 5 km ENE of Dell, Arkansas
  13. 3.1 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  14. 2.6 3 km SW of Blytheville, Arkansas
  15. 1.8 5 km NNE of Blytheville, 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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