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M 2.9mb_lg

Earthquake near Beloit, KS

USGS: 1 km W of Mankato, Kansas

2:02 am CDT, Jun 19, 2017 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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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
2:02 am CDT on 19 June 2017 ()
Where
38 km (24 mi) NNW of Beloit, KS · earthquakes near Beloit
Magnitude
M 2.9 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Jewell County, 1 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3327 days ago

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 38 km (24 mi) NNW of Beloit, KS, at 2:02 am CDT on 19 June 2017 (07:02 UTC). 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Superior.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 39.7851, -98.2307. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jewell County, KS 1 km (1 mi) SE earthquakes near Jewell County
Mitchell County, KS 44 km (27 mi) S earthquakes near Mitchell County
Nuckolls County, NE 46 km (29 mi) NNE earthquakes near Nuckolls County
Smith County, KS 47 km (29 mi) W earthquakes near Smith County
Webster County, NE 50 km (31 mi) NNW earthquakes near Webster County
Republic County, KS 50 km (31 mi) E earthquakes near Republic County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.5 10 km NNE of Guide Rock, Nebraska
  2. 2.8 11 km SSW of Lawrence, Nebraska
  3. 2.6 10 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
  4. 2.8 9 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
  5. 3.4 Nebraska
  6. 2.5 10 km SSW of Lawrence, Nebraska
  7. 2.5 7 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas
  8. 2.6 7 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas
  9. 2.5 9 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas
  10. 2.5 10 km ENE of Cowles, Nebraska
  11. 2.9 11 km N of Guide Rock, Nebraska
  12. 2.5 11 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
  13. 2.9 11 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
  14. 2.9 8 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
  15. 2.7 11 km SSW of Lawrence, Nebraska

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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