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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7mb_lg

9 km NW of Wilsey, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Morris County 9 kmGeary County 35 kmDickinson County 40 kmChase County 46 kmMarion County 48 kmWabaunsee County 56 kmLyon County 58 kmRiley County 67 kmSaline County 79 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 2.7 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Morris County, 9 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2164 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have 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 38.6896, -96.7557. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Morris County, KS 9 km (6 mi) W of here earthquakes near Morris County
Geary County, KS 35 km (22 mi) S of here earthquakes near Geary County
Dickinson County, KS 40 km (25 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Dickinson County
Chase County, KS 46 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Chase County
Marion County, KS 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Wabaunsee County, KS 56 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Wabaunsee County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 5 km SW of Hope, Kansas
  2. 2.6 6 km NW of Ramona, Kansas
  3. 2.7 7 km SE of Enterprise, Kansas
  4. 2.4 5 km NE of Hope, Kansas
  5. 3.5 5 km NNW of Herington, Kansas
  6. 2.6 7 km ESE of Marion, Kansas
  7. 3.5 6 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas
  8. 2.7 6 km NE of Cedar Point, Kansas
  9. 2.4 2 km S of Marion, Kansas
  10. 2.4 14 km ESE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  11. 2.5 13 km ENE of Marion, Kansas
  12. 2.3 11 km N of Hope, Kansas
  13. 2.5 14 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  14. 2.3 14 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas
  15. 3.2 13 km SE of Lincolnville, 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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