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M 2.8mb_lg

Earthquake near Salina, KS

USGS: 5 km N of Kipp, Kansas

12:20 am CST, Jan 26, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 480 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
12:20 am CST on 26 January 2019 ()
Where
14 km (8 mi) E of Salina, KS · earthquakes near Salina
Magnitude
M 2.8 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
15 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Saline County, 18 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2730 days ago

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 14 km (8 mi) E of Salina, KS, at 12:20 am CST on 26 January 2019 (06:20 UTC). 15 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: Solomon, Abilene.

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.

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 38.8294, -97.4544. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Saline County, KS 18 km (11 mi) WSW earthquakes near Saline County
Dickinson County, KS 26 km (16 mi) E earthquakes near Dickinson County
Ottawa County, KS 38 km (24 mi) NNW earthquakes near Ottawa County
McPherson County, KS 51 km (32 mi) SSW earthquakes near McPherson County
Marion County, KS 61 km (38 mi) SSE earthquakes near Marion County
Clay County, KS 62 km (39 mi) NNE earthquakes near Clay 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. 2.4 8 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  2. 2.8 4 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  3. 2.5 8 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  4. 2.5 6 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  5. 3.7 7 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  6. 3.7 6 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  7. 2.7 4 km E of Assaria, Kansas
  8. 2.6 6 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  9. 2.4 Kansas
  10. 3.3 5 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  11. 2.5 6 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  12. 3.1 7 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  13. 3.5 7 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas
  14. 4.0 1 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  15. 2.5 6 km SSW of Gypsum, 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.

On USGS

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