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M 2.9md

4 km ENE of Steele, Missouri

· 9.7 km deep · released about 720 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pemiscot County 13 kmDunklin County 26 kmDyer County 35 kmLake County 38 kmLauderdale County 39 kmMississippi County 44 kmNew Madrid County 57 kmObion County 64 kmClay County 65 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
30 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Pemiscot County, 13 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 268 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 30 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 720 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 21,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 720 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 36.0930, -89.7828. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pemiscot County, MO 13 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dunklin County, MO 26 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Dyer County, TN 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 38 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Lauderdale County, TN 39 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Mississippi County, AR 44 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mississippi County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 6 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 2.4 2 km ESE of Steele, Missouri
  3. 1.7 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  4. 2.2 5 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  5. 1.9 5 km W of Dell, Arkansas
  6. 1.7 2 km NNE of Cooter, Missouri
  7. 1.5 5 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  8. 2.0 5 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  9. 1.6 5 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  10. 2.1 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  11. 1.7 6 km ESE of Ridgely, Tennessee
  12. 2.0 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  13. 1.6 9 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  14. 2.0 10 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
  15. 1.5 7 km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee

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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