Kansas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km S of Anthony, Kansas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km S of Anthony, Kansas on Thu, Jul 2, 2015, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-07-03 03:01:41 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.084° N, 98.030° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.77 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.06 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.96 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.86 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.512 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.56 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.15 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.76 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.65 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.86 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.05 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 1.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.90 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.31 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.61 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 3.05 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.85 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.84 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.33 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.75 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.69 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.65 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.65 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.17 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 2.26 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.82 km SE of Cheney, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 24
  60. 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.72 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.12 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.214 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.85 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.02 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.94 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.5Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.57 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.41 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.64 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70117708. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.