Kansas earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 7 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 7 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 7:04 PM CST (01:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-01-17 01:04:17 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.930° N, 98.031° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Bluff City, Kansas.

From the USGS event page for usc000tgns. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tgns. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC.