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M 1.5ml

5 km NW of Milan, Kansas

· 7.9 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sumner County 21 kmHarper County 34 kmKingman County 47 kmSedgwick County 48 kmGrant County 58 kmKay County 74 kmCowley County 78 kmReno County 79 kmAlfalfa County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sumner County, 21 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3489 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 37.3023, -97.7118. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sumner County, KS 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Harper County, KS 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Kingman County, KS 47 km (29 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sedgwick County, KS 48 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Grant County, OK 58 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Grant County
Kay County, OK 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kay County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 3 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas
  2. 1.8 3 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas
  3. 2.0 7 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas
  4. 2.0 11 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  5. 2.0 3 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas
  6. 1.9 11 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  7. 1.8 11 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  8. 1.6 12 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  9. 1.6 11 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  10. 1.9 2 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas
  11. 2.1 11 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  12. 2.7 12 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  13. 2.4 2 km SW of Anthony, Kansas
  14. 1.7 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas
  15. 2.0 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas

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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