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M 2.4md

5 km WSW of Southside, Arkansas

· 13 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Independence County 13 kmCleburne County 31 kmJackson County 42 kmWhite County 47 kmStone County 47 kmIzard County 52 kmSharp County 59 kmWoodruff County 66 kmLawrence County 66 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Independence County, 13 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 71 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 95,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 35.6697, -91.6787. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Independence County, AR 13 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Independence County
Cleburne County, AR 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Cleburne County
Jackson County, AR 42 km (26 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Jackson County
White County, AR 47 km (29 mi) N of here earthquakes near White County
Stone County, AR 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stone County
Izard County, AR 52 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Izard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  2. 1.7 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  3. 1.8 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  4. 2.4 4 km WNW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  5. 2.1 3 km NW of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
  6. 2.2 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  7. 1.6 3 km NE of Strawberry, Arkansas
  8. 1.8 4 km NNW of Strawberry, Arkansas
  9. 2.3 13 km SSW of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
  10. 1.6 3 km N of Strawberry, Arkansas
  11. 1.9 3 km N of Strawberry, 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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