Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 28 km SE of Protection, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 28 km SE of Protection, Kansas on Thu, Jul 9, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-07-09 06:00:07 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.001° N, 99.276° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.79 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 67
  3. 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 3.62 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.59 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.95 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1,495
  11. 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 44
  12. 2.69 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.96 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.1Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.28 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.68 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.58 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  26. 3.18 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 3.27 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.9Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.53 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  34. 2.810 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.610 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.5Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 3.011 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.74 km ENE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.15 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.19 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.54 km N of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  47. 3.211 km SSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.75 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.56 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4052 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 3.33 km S of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4052 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 3.66 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4052 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 38
  52. 3.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4052 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 3.411 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4048 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4046 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.611 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.73 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.16 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.55 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.729 km NNW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.628 km SSE of Coldwater, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.75 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.84 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.85 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.88 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.65 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.64 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.56 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.14 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.45 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.25 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002w89. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC.