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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

10 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas

· 4.9 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sumner County 27 kmGrant County 32 kmHarper County 34 kmKay County 58 kmKingman County 66 kmAlfalfa County 66 kmSedgwick County 72 kmGarfield County 77 kmCowley County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
4.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Sumner County, 27 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 37.0692, -97.7173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sumner County, KS 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Grant County, OK 32 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Harper County, KS 34 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Kay County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kay County
Kingman County, KS 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Alfalfa County, OK 66 km (41 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Alfalfa 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. 2.3 1 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas
  2. 1.8 5 km ESE of Harper, Kansas
  3. 2.4 1 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas
  4. 2.5 5 km ENE of Milan, Kansas
  5. 2.1 10 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas
  6. 2.5 5 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas
  7. 2.4 10 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas
  8. 2.4 2 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas
  9. 1.6 9 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas
  10. 1.5 11 km N of Caldwell, Kansas
  11. 1.8 4 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas
  12. 2.1 4 km ENE of Milan, Kansas
  13. 2.5 6 km N of Argonia, Kansas
  14. 1.6 4 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas
  15. 1.7 11 km N of Caldwell, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2017-03-29 — it released about 130 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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