M3.0 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in Kansas on Mon, Jan 5, 2015, 6:57 AM CST (12:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 9 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-05 12:57:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.021° N, 98.089° 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, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- 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
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.59 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.96 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.113 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.711 km SE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.512 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
- 2.66 km NNW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.42 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 3.22 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.913 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tbtr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.