Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5mb_lg
1 km NNW of Glen Elder, Kansas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Mitchell County, 16 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 486 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 39.5084, -98.3118. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell County, KS | 16 km (10 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Mitchell County |
| Jewell County, KS | 31 km (19 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Jewell County |
| Osborne County, KS | 43 km (27 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Osborne County |
| Smith County, KS | 51 km (32 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Smith County |
| Lincoln County, KS | 52 km (32 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Cloud County, KS | 58 km (36 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Cloud County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 4 km NNE of Jewell, Kansas
- 2.6 5 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas
- 2.9 13 km NNE of Luray, Kansas
- 2.7 4 km SE of Glen Elder, 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
- 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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