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M 2.2mb_lg

Kansas

64 km (40 mi) NW of Wichita, KS

· 5.0 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reno County 31 kmMcPherson County 32 kmHarvey County 34 kmRice County 41 kmSedgwick County 59 kmMarion County 67 kmKingman County 71 kmEllsworth County 72 kmSaline County 74 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 2.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Reno County, 31 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3453 days ago

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded at Kansas at 05:51 UTC on 2017-01-25. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Buhler, Inman, Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Nickerson, Haven.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 38.1353, -97.8120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Reno County, KS 31 km (19 mi) SW earthquakes near Reno County
McPherson County, KS 32 km (20 mi) NNE earthquakes near McPherson County
Harvey County, KS 34 km (21 mi) ESE earthquakes near Harvey County
Rice County, KS 41 km (26 mi) NW earthquakes near Rice County
Sedgwick County, KS 59 km (37 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Marion County, KS 67 km (41 mi) ENE earthquakes near Marion 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. 2.5 4 km SSE of Pretty Prairie, Kansas
  2. 2.2 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  3. 2.3 2 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  4. 2.1 5 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  5. 2.2 2 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  6. 2.4 7 km NE of Partridge, Kansas
  7. 2.2 5 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  8. 2.0 2 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  9. 2.0 4 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  10. 1.8 3 km NW of South Hutchinson, KS
  11. 4.5 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  12. 3.0 3 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  13. 3.1 3 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  14. 2.2 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
  15. 2.6 5 km WSW of South Hutchinson, 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.

On USGS

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