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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Ridgely, TN
No earthquake was likely felt in Ridgely in the 24 hours to 9:24 am CST (15:24 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) NNE, at 9:02 pm CDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Ridgely
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Ridgely, TN, at 9:04 pm CDT on 14 June 2026 (02:04 UTC), 8.6 km deep.
USGS: 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- When
- 9:04 pm CDT on 14 June 2026 ()
- Where
- 7 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Ridgely, TN · earthquakes near Ridgely
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 5 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 149 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Ridgely, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Tiptonville, Caruthersville, Portageville, Hayti, New Madrid.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2026-04-23 — about 3,300 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.3192, -89.5333. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, TN | 5 km (3 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Pemiscot County, MO | 26 km (16 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Pemiscot County |
| Dyer County, TN | 32 km (20 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Dyer County |
| New Madrid County, MO | 32 km (20 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near New Madrid County |
| Obion County, TN | 35 km (22 mi) | E | earthquakes near Obion County |
| Fulton County, KY | 40 km (25 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Fulton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 8 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.6 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
- 1.8 0 km ESE of Risco, Missouri
- 1.7 2 km NNE of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.7 7 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.8 1 km NNE of Marston, Missouri
- 1.7 4 km WSW of Howardville, Missouri
- 1.9 5 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.6 7 km E of Hayward, Missouri
- 1.7 2 km NNE of Howardville, Missouri
- 1.6 7 km SE of Marston, Missouri
- 2.0 7 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee
- 1.7 4 km NW of Marston, Missouri
- 1.7 7 km NW 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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