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M 2.3md

2 km E of Caruthersville, Missouri

· 4.5 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pemiscot County 14 kmLake County 20 kmDyer County 26 kmDunklin County 39 kmNew Madrid County 45 kmObion County 47 kmLauderdale County 48 kmFulton County 56 kmMississippi County 61 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Pemiscot County, 14 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 319 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 77 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 36.1935, -89.6300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pemiscot County, MO 14 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Lake County, TN 20 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dyer County, TN 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Dunklin County, MO 39 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
New Madrid County, MO 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Obion County, TN 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Obion 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. 1.6 1 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 4 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  3. 2.1 5 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  4. 2.3 3 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 4 km WNW of Newbern, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 3 km SSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  8. 2.6 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  9. 1.6 4 km E of Steele, Missouri
  10. 1.7 2 km N of Marston, Missouri
  11. 2.2 1 km NNW of Cooter, Missouri
  12. 1.6 5 km WNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 7 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
  14. 1.7 4 km N of Ridgely, Tennessee
  15. 2.3 7 km SE of Marston, 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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