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M 3.0mb_lg

12 km SW of Norwich, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Harper County 24 kmKingman County 25 kmSumner County 44 kmSedgwick County 54 kmReno County 63 kmBarber County 67 kmGrant County 68 kmPratt County 75 kmAlfalfa County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Harper County, 24 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 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 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 37.3866, -97.9537. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Harper County, KS 24 km (15 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Kingman County, KS 25 km (16 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sumner County, KS 44 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Sedgwick County, KS 54 km (34 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Reno County, KS 63 km (39 mi) S of here earthquakes near Reno County
Barber County, KS 67 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Barber 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. 1.7 4 km E of Bluff City, Kansas
  2. 1.8 4 km E of Bluff City, Kansas
  3. 1.8 6 km NNW of Harper, Kansas
  4. 1.9 4 km E of Bluff City, Kansas
  5. 1.6 6 km NNW of Harper, Kansas
  6. 2.2 Kansas
  7. 2.8 5 km E of Bluff City, Kansas
  8. 3.5 10 km NNE of Harper, Kansas
  9. 1.5 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas
  10. 1.9 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas
  11. 3.0 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas
  12. 2.2 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas
  13. 2.1 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas
  14. 2.6 11 km SW of Wellington, Kansas
  15. 1.6 11 km SE of Mayfield, 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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