M1.6 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sun, Nov 29, 2015, 12:36 AM CST (06:36 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-29 06:36:50 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.203° N, 97.974° 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, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 2.67 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.212 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.73 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.87 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
- 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Sun City, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3925 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70158043. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.