M2.6 earthquake 11 km W of Norwich, Kansas
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km W of Norwich, Kansas on Mon, Jan 19, 2015, 10:10 PM CST (04:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-20 04:10:49 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.445° N, 97.973° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 56
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
- 2.33 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 14
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 31
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.811 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.67 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.91 km N of Harper, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.39 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.56 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.16 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.82 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000thdg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC.