Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km SE of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Cheney, Kansas on Fri, Jul 10, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-07-10 05:00:17 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.612° N, 97.763° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
24
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
42

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

  1. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.57 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.02 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4061 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.86 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 3.17 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4061 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.75 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.22 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.84 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.67 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.97 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 1.87 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.03 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.93 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4058 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 3.08 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.35 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  34. 1.66 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 4.16 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 152
  37. 2.96 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.97 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.6Kansas · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 1.55 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 3.08 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.613 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.82 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.18 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 3.12 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  50. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4054 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 3.34 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.54 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 1.85 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.7Kansas · 4053 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.67 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4052 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002wht. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.