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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

8 km SW of Caruthersville, Missouri

· 10 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pemiscot County 11 kmDyer County 29 kmLake County 31 kmDunklin County 32 kmLauderdale County 41 kmMississippi County 51 kmNew Madrid County 52 kmObion County 57 kmCrockett County 62 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Pemiscot County, 11 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 123 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 36.1282, -89.7107. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pemiscot County, MO 11 km (7 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Pemiscot County
Dyer County, TN 29 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Dyer County
Lake County, TN 31 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Dunklin County, MO 32 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dunklin County
Lauderdale County, TN 41 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lauderdale County
Mississippi County, AR 51 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mississippi 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. 1.8 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  2. 1.7 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  3. 1.7 7 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  4. 1.7 5 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  6. 2.2 7 km SSW of Catron, Missouri
  7. 1.8 3 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  8. 1.8 3 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  9. 1.9 5 km ENE of Marston, Missouri
  10. 2.1 6 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 1 km N of Marston, Missouri
  12. 2.0 5 km NE of Caruthersville, Missouri
  13. 2.1 6 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  14. 2.1 3 km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri
  15. 2.4 3 km WSW of Tallapoosa, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2026-04-23 — it released about 600 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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