Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas on Sat, May 14, 2016, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 13 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-14 06:38:34 UTC
Depth
1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.586° N, 97.811° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.811 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.66 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.95 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.74 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.64 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.55 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.05 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 2.34 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.211 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.66 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.93 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.512 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3769 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.83 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3769 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.87 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.68 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3767 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3766 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.74 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.55 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3765 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 3.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.77 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 3.15 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  49. 1.85 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.54 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 1.85 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.611 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3763 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.57 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3763 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 2.75 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 3.45 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3761 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.65 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3760 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3759 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.12 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.13 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.311 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.78 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.08 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.89 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.56 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3788 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.74 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005hdc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.