Minor earthquake, 2.86999989 mag was detected near Ridgely in Tennessee

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86999989 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgely in Tennessee on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.43733215332 West, latitude 36.214000701904 North, depth = 5.210000038147 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.210000038147 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:49:08 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nm60615441. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nm60615441. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/25 / 2025-11-09 06:49:08 / November 9, 2025 @ 6:49 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sikeston, Covington, Osceola. Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86999989 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.43733215332° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.214000701904° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.210000038147 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-09 06:49:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-09 06:56:08	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	2.2	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	127	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	,nm,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02119	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.180000007 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	nm60615441	Id of event.
Event Code	60615441	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nm60615441,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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