Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km ENE of Waldron, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Waldron, Kansas on Sat, Jan 31, 2015, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC), 9 km (5 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
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-02-01 00:00:09 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.013° N, 98.156° W
Region
Kansas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
41

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.913 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.01 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 3.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 34
  7. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.74 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.19 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.53 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.612 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.86 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.58 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 13
  19. 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 13
  20. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.7Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 3.47 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.17 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.76 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.87 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.17 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.33 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 3.44 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 13
  36. 2.23 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7
  48. 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  49. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 9
  53. 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  55. 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 289
  58. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.51 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.95 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.73 km ESE of Waldron, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.55 km N of Mayfield, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.65 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 14
  11. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.94 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.5Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.61 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.91 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tkue. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC.