Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0mb_lg
Earthquake near Hays, KS
USGS: 5 km NNW of Zurich, Kansas
- When
- 9:06 am CDT on 11 May 2019 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) NNW of Hays, KS · earthquakes near Hays
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Rooks County, 15 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2619 days ago
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) NNW of Hays, KS, at 9:06 am CDT on 11 May 2019 (14:06 UTC). 4 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: Plainville, Stockton.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 39.2781, -99.4739. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooks County, KS | 15 km (9 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Rooks County |
| Graham County, KS | 36 km (22 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Graham County |
| Ellis County, KS | 43 km (26 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Ellis County |
| Trego County, KS | 52 km (32 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Trego County |
| Phillips County, KS | 57 km (36 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Phillips County |
| Osborne County, KS | 61 km (38 mi) | E | earthquakes near Osborne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 7 km N of Hays, Kansas
- 2.9 5 km SW of Kirwin, Kansas
- 2.8 10 km SSW of Stockton, Kansas
- 2.8 8 km NNW of Stockton, Kansas
- 3.3 7 km NNW of Stockton, Kansas
- 2.5 1 km NE of Zurich, Kansas
- 2.5 11 km NNE of Stockton, Kansas
- 2.6 14 km WSW of Natoma, Kansas
- 2.5 3 km NE of Bogue, Kansas
- 2.8 16 km S of Hill City, Kansas
- 3.0 2 km SW of Zurich, Kansas
- 2.7 2 km E of Hill City, Kansas
- 2.6 6 km SE of Hill City, Kansas
- 2.7 11 km NW of Stockton, Kansas
- 2.1 9 km SW of Bogue, 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.