Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3mb_lg
7 km NNE of Rose Hill, Kansas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 0.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Butler County, 29 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 983 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 37.6186, -97.1059. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County, KS | 29 km (18 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Butler County |
| Sedgwick County, KS | 32 km (20 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Sedgwick County |
| Cowley County, KS | 49 km (30 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Cowley County |
| Sumner County, KS | 55 km (34 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Sumner County |
| Harvey County, KS | 56 km (35 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Harvey County |
| Elk County, KS | 78 km (49 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Elk County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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