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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

5 km E of Matthews, Missouri

· 5.0 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mississippi County 22 kmNew Madrid County 22 kmScott County 32 kmFulton County 38 kmStoddard County 39 kmLake County 48 kmAlexander County 49 kmCarlisle County 50 kmHickman County 50 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mississippi County, 22 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 114 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 36.7657, -89.5268. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mississippi County, MO 22 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mississippi County
New Madrid County, MO 22 km (14 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near New Madrid County
Scott County, MO 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Scott County
Fulton County, KY 38 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fulton County
Stoddard County, MO 39 km (24 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stoddard County
Lake County, TN 48 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.3 9 km SSE of Marston, Missouri
  2. 1.4 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  3. 1.6 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  4. 1.8 0 km ESE of Risco, Missouri
  5. 1.7 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 1 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
  7. 1.7 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
  8. 1.6 7 km E of Hayward, Missouri
  9. 1.7 2 km NNE of Howardville, Missouri
  10. 1.6 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
  11. 1.7 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
  12. 1.7 5 km W of Tiptonville, Tennessee
  13. 1.7 7 km ESE of Marston, Missouri
  14. 2.2 7 km SSW of Catron, Missouri
  15. 1.8 3 km ENE 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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