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M 2.8mb_lg

14 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 23 kmChase County 24 kmMorris County 36 kmDickinson County 59 kmLyon County 60 kmHarvey County 65 kmGeary County 67 kmButler County 70 kmMcPherson County 70 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marion County, 23 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1354 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 38.4013, -96.8417. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, KS 23 km (14 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Chase County, KS 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Chase County
Morris County, KS 36 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Morris County
Dickinson County, KS 59 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dickinson County
Lyon County, KS 60 km (37 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Harvey County, KS 65 km (40 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Harvey County

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

Aftershocks so far

25 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. 3.5 6 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas
  7. 2.7 6 km NE of Cedar Point, Kansas
  8. 2.4 2 km S of Marion, Kansas
  9. 2.4 14 km ESE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  10. 2.5 13 km ENE of Marion, Kansas
  11. 2.3 11 km N of Hope, Kansas
  12. 2.5 14 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  13. 2.3 14 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas
  14. 3.2 13 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  15. 2.5 12 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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