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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

13 km NW of Flomaton, Alabama

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Escambia County 17 kmConecuh County 50 kmMonroe County 53 kmSanta Rosa County 57 kmBaldwin County 63 kmEscambia County 64 kmClarke County 79 kmCovington County 86 kmWashington County 89 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 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Escambia County, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2656 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 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 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 31.1033, -87.3420. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Escambia County, AL 17 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Escambia County
Conecuh County, AL 50 km (31 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Conecuh County
Monroe County, AL 53 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Santa Rosa County, FL 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Rosa County
Baldwin County, AL 63 km (39 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Escambia County, FL 64 km (40 mi) N of here earthquakes near Escambia 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. 1.8 4 km WNW of Jay, Florida
  2. 3.8 1 km W of Pollard, Alabama
  3. 1.9 5 km NW of Pollard, Alabama

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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