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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

8 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas

· 4.8 km deep · released about 350 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sumner County 29 kmGrant County 34 kmKay County 36 kmHarper County 56 kmCowley County 65 kmNoble County 70 kmGarfield County 72 kmSedgwick County 78 kmAlfalfa County 79 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Sumner County, 29 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1431 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 350 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 43,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 31,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 350 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 36.9797, -97.4930. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sumner County, KS 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Grant County, OK 34 km (21 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Kay County, OK 36 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kay County
Harper County, KS 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Cowley County, KS 65 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cowley County
Noble County, OK 70 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Noble County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 7 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas
  2. 2.5 6 km NNW of Marland, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 9 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas
  4. 2.0 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 3 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 3 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 1 km WNW of Nardin, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 8 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 9 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
  15. 2.3 10 km W of Lamont, 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 4.5 on 2022-01-31 — it released about 480 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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