Kansas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 8 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas on Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-21 15:12:49 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.567° N, 97.829° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.55 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.61 km E of Danville, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.48 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.58 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.85 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.6Kansas · 3548 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  27. 1.8Kansas · 3547 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  30. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
  33. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3543 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3543 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.15 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 3.3Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3533 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3533 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 3.1Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.61 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3564 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3565 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.03 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3568 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.56 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.910 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3568 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.59 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3575 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.54 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3577 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.99 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3581 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.63 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3581 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.211 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3583 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007lqa. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.