M2.0 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Kansas on Thu, Dec 31, 2015, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 7 km E of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-31 15:36:18 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.244° N, 98.019° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 18
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
- 1.52 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.36 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.56 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.45 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 3.512 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 14
- 3.312 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 3.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 3.06 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, KS · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.26 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.56 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.43 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, OK · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 17
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 1 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 ismpkansas70164513. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC.