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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

4 km E of Burgin, Kentucky

· 35 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mercer County 16 kmJessamine County 18 kmBoyle County 20 kmGarrard County 20 kmWoodford County 32 kmLincoln County 33 kmAnderson County 37 kmMadison County 39 kmFayette County 39 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
35 km below the surface
Felt
21 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mercer County, 16 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1287 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 37.7532, -84.7187. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mercer County, KY 16 km (10 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mercer County
Jessamine County, KY 18 km (11 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Jessamine County
Boyle County, KY 20 km (12 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Boyle County
Garrard County, KY 20 km (13 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garrard County
Woodford County, KY 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Woodford County
Lincoln County, KY 33 km (21 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 11 km ENE of Lancaster, Kentucky
  2. 2.8 11 km SE of High Bridge, Kentucky
  3. 2.6 11 km ENE of Lancaster, Kentucky

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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