M1.7 earthquake 8 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas on Sun, May 15, 2016, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-16 02:19:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.085° N, 97.996° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 15
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
- 2.77 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.15 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.58 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.50 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.75 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.45 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3761 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3760 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3759 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.12 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.36 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3757 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.84 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.110 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3754 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3754 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3754 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3754 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
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