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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8mb_lg

5 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas

· 4.1 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sedgwick County 29 kmKingman County 33 kmSumner County 45 kmReno County 49 kmHarper County 51 kmHarvey County 60 kmButler County 85 kmPratt County 86 kmGrant County 88 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 2.8 (mb_lg)
Depth
4.1 km below the surface
Felt
24 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Sedgwick County, 29 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2383 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 24 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 37.5800, -97.7700. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sedgwick County, KS 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Kingman County, KS 33 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sumner County, KS 45 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Reno County, KS 49 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Reno County
Harper County, KS 51 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Harvey County, KS 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Harvey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km SSE of Milan, Kansas
  2. 1.7 6 km N of Argonia, Kansas
  3. 1.8 7 km N of Argonia, Kansas
  4. 3.1 11 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas
  5. 1.8 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  6. 2.1 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  7. 1.8 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  8. 1.5 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  9. 2.8 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  10. 1.5 5 km E of Harper, Kansas
  11. 1.7 7 km N of Argonia, Kansas
  12. 1.6 2 km W of Freeport, Kansas
  13. 2.5 10 km S of Spivey, Kansas
  14. 2.8 10 km S of Spivey, Kansas
  15. 3.2 9 km S of Spivey, 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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