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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

11 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas

· 6.8 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 30 kmSumner County 32 kmKay County 36 kmHarper County 56 kmNoble County 67 kmGarfield County 68 kmCowley County 68 kmAlfalfa County 76 kmSedgwick County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grant County, 30 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1726 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 36.9487, -97.5152. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grant County, OK 30 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Sumner County, KS 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Kay County, OK 36 km (23 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kay County
Harper County, KS 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Noble County, OK 67 km (42 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Noble County
Garfield County, OK 68 km (42 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Garfield County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 0 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 7 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  4. 2.2 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  6. 2.0 10 km W of Medford, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 2 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 7 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 1 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  13. 2.4 6 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas
  14. 1.9 7 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 1 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma

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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2019-05-17 — it released about 2,500 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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