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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2mb_lg

9 km NNE of Harper, Kansas

· 5.8 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Harper County 21 kmKingman County 26 kmSumner County 45 kmSedgwick County 58 kmBarber County 65 kmGrant County 66 kmReno County 66 kmPratt County 75 kmAlfalfa County 76 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 3.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Harper County, 21 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2787 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more

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 37.3583, -97.9744. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Harper County, KS 21 km (13 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Kingman County, KS 26 km (16 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sumner County, KS 45 km (28 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Sedgwick County, KS 58 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Barber County, KS 65 km (40 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Barber County
Grant County, OK 66 km (41 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grant County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas
  2. 2.4 0 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma
  3. 2.4 6 km S of Harper, Kansas
  4. 2.3 9 km SSE of Milan, Kansas
  5. 2.7 10 km SSE of Milan, Kansas
  6. 2.5 4 km SSW of Harper, Kansas
  7. 1.9 4 km S of Harper, Kansas
  8. 1.9 2 km SE of Milan, Kansas
  9. 1.5 4 km WNW of Danville, Kansas
  10. 1.8 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas
  11. 1.7 7 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas
  12. 1.8 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas
  13. 2.5 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas
  14. 1.6 4 km WNW of Danville, Kansas
  15. 1.6 2 km SSE of Bluff City, 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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