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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
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.

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
- 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 69
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 50
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 16
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.53 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4271 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4271 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4271 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4271 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.11 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Kansas · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tgns. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC.