M2.7 earthquake 6 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 1, 2015, 2:16 AM CST (08:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-01 08:16:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.931° N, 98.028° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.53 km E of Amorita, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.07 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.59 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.59 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.54 km E of Amorita, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.44 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.19 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.54 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4184 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.31 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.22 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4184 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.51 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4183 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.712 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4183 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4183 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4183 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.46 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.34 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.50 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.94 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.74 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.212 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4181 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.69 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4181 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4180 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.78 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4180 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4179 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tu5x. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.