Earthquake near Hastings, NE

USGS: 10 km SSW of Lawrence, Nebraska

1:12 am CDT, Sep 3, 2023 · 2023-09-03 06:12 UTC · 9.3 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When: 1:12 am CDT on 3 September 2023 (2023-09-03 06:12 UTC)
Where: 43 km (27 mi) S of Hastings, NE · earthquakes near Hastings
Magnitude: M 2.5 (mb_lg)
Depth: 9.3 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Webster County, 16 km W
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1050 days ago · we first saw it 1050 days ago

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) S of Hastings, NE, at 1:12 am CDT on 3 September 2023 (06:12 UTC). 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: Superior.

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.

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

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Epicentre 40.2040, -98.3148. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Webster County, NE	16 km (10 mi)	W	earthquakes near Webster County
Nuckolls County, NE	23 km (14 mi)	E	earthquakes near Nuckolls County
Adams County, NE	39 km (24 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Adams County
Clay County, NE	42 km (26 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Clay County
Jewell County, KS	48 km (30 mi)	S	earthquakes near Jewell County
Franklin County, NE	55 km (34 mi)	W	earthquakes near Franklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

16 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

2.9 7 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 14:40 UTC
2.8 4 km ESE of Cowles, Nebraska 03:09 UTC
2.5 6 km ESE of Cowles, Nebraska 12:15 UTC
2.4 4 km ENE of Cowles, Nebraska 02:25 UTC
2.6 8 km N of Guide Rock, Nebraska 02:45 UTC
2.6 9 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 20:26 UTC
2.3 3 km S of Cowles, Nebraska 20:04 UTC
4.1 4 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 18:59 UTC
2.8 7 km ENE of Cowles, Nebraska 02:46 UTC
2.8 3 km W of Harvard, Nebraska 07:57 UTC
2.5 11 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 22:00 UTC
3.5 10 km NNE of Guide Rock, Nebraska 19:31 UTC
2.8 11 km SSW of Lawrence, Nebraska 20:58 UTC
2.6 10 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 18:18 UTC
2.8 9 km E of Cowles, Nebraska 10:54 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 01:37 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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