Minor earthquake, 2.8499999 mag strikes near Tiptonville in Tennessee

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8499999 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tiptonville in Tennessee on Monday. Global time and date of event 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 02:07:21 / October 14, 2024 @ 2:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.7800002098083 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -89.523002624512 West, latitude 36.42166519165 North, depth = 7.7800002098083 km. Event id: nm60592726. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nyig, nm60592726. The temblor was picked up at 02:07:21 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ripley, Blytheville, Martin (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8499999 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.523002624512° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.42166519165° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.7800002098083 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-14 02:07:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-14 02:17:20	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	125	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nm	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,nm,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.140000001 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nm60592726	Id of event.
Event Code	60592726	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nyig,nm60592726,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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