M2.2 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Kansas on Tue, Dec 2, 2014, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-03 02:02:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.278° N, 97.622° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.74 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.17 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.51 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.93 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 69
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 50
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70054513. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.