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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4mb_lg

8 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingman County 28 kmSedgwick County 35 kmSumner County 47 kmHarper County 47 kmReno County 48 kmHarvey County 64 kmPratt County 81 kmBarber County 85 kmGrant County 86 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Kingman County, 28 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3474 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 37.5612, -97.8261. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kingman County, KS 28 km (17 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sedgwick County, KS 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Sumner County, KS 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Harper County, KS 47 km (29 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Reno County, KS 48 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Reno County
Harvey County, KS 64 km (40 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Harvey 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 5 km SE of Freeport, Kansas
  2. 1.6 3 km E of Harper, Kansas
  3. 2.1 7 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas
  4. 2.5 6 km NE of Attica, Kansas
  5. 2.8 7 km NE of Attica, Kansas
  6. 2.4 7 km ENE of Attica, Kansas
  7. 1.5 5 km NW of Milan, Kansas
  8. 2.2 5 km NW of Milan, Kansas
  9. 1.7 5 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas
  10. 2.8 8 km NE of Attica, Kansas
  11. 2.5 7 km ENE of Attica, Kansas
  12. 2.2 8 km ENE of Attica, Kansas
  13. 2.1 7 km NNE of Attica, Kansas
  14. 1.7 5 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas
  15. 2.6 6 km ENE of Attica, 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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