M2.5 earthquake 20 km W of Hardtner, Kansas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 20 km W of Hardtner, Kansas on Wed, Nov 4, 2015, 9:34 PM CST (03:34 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-05 03:34:08 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.034° N, 98.874° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 30
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
- 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.310 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 8
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
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