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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5mb_lg

8 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas

· 4.4 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Harper County 23 kmBarber County 33 kmAlfalfa County 45 kmKingman County 49 kmGrant County 62 kmWoods County 66 kmPratt County 67 kmSumner County 74 kmComanche County 82 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 2.5 (mb_lg)
Depth
4.4 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Harper County, 23 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3155 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 37.1385, -98.3242. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Harper County, KS 23 km (15 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Harper County
Barber County, KS 33 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Barber County
Alfalfa County, OK 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Kingman County, KS 49 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Grant County, OK 62 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Woods County, OK 66 km (41 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Woods County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 7 km E of Freeport, Kansas
  2. 3.0 8 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 4 km N of Anthony, Kansas
  4. 3.8 3 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 0 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas
  6. 2.7 7 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma
  7. 2.1 0 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas
  8. 1.9 6 km SE of Freeport, Kansas
  9. 2.1 0 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas
  10. 2.0 5 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas
  11. 2.6 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 3 km E of Freeport, Kansas
  13. 1.6 6 km SE of Anthony, Kansas
  14. 2.7 11 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 6 km S of Freeport, 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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