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M 2.3mb_lg

8 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sumner County 22 kmSedgwick County 28 kmHarper County 55 kmKingman County 56 kmCowley County 65 kmHarvey County 69 kmButler County 71 kmReno County 75 kmGrant County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sumner County, 22 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3331 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 37.4320, -97.5254. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sumner County, KS 22 km (14 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Sedgwick County, KS 28 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Harper County, KS 55 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Kingman County, KS 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Cowley County, KS 65 km (40 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cowley County
Harvey County, KS 69 km (43 mi) S of here earthquakes near Harvey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km WNW of Danville, Kansas
  2. 2.8 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  3. 1.6 3 km SSE of Danville, Kansas
  4. 1.6 7 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
  5. 1.7 3 km SSE of Danville, Kansas
  6. 2.5 3 km SSE of Danville, Kansas
  7. 2.0 6 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas
  8. 2.2 7 km SE of Harper, Kansas
  9. 1.6 7 km SE of Harper, Kansas
  10. 3.5 7 km SE of Harper, Kansas
  11. 2.0 4 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas
  12. 1.8 8 km SE of Harper, Kansas
  13. 2.1 6 km SE of Harper, Kansas
  14. 2.6 6 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas
  15. 2.6 2 km SSW of Cheney, 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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