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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2mb_lg

5 km ESE of Marion, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 13 kmChase County 32 kmMorris County 49 kmHarvey County 51 kmMcPherson County 60 kmButler County 62 kmDickinson County 63 kmLyon County 72 kmGeary County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Marion County, 13 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1380 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 38.3206, -96.9643. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, KS 13 km (8 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Chase County, KS 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Chase County
Morris County, KS 49 km (31 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Morris County
Harvey County, KS 51 km (32 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Harvey County
McPherson County, KS 60 km (37 mi) E of here earthquakes near McPherson County
Butler County, KS 62 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butler County

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

Aftershocks so far

24 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. 2.4 5 km NE of Hope, Kansas
  4. 3.5 5 km NNW of Herington, Kansas
  5. 2.6 7 km ESE of Marion, Kansas
  6. 2.7 6 km NE of Cedar Point, Kansas
  7. 2.4 2 km S of Marion, Kansas
  8. 2.4 14 km ESE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  9. 2.5 13 km ENE of Marion, Kansas
  10. 2.5 14 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  11. 2.3 14 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas
  12. 3.2 13 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  13. 2.5 12 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  14. 2.4 15 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  15. 2.6 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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