Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km SW of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Cheney, Kansas on Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km E of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-21 00:25:56 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.599° N, 97.838° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3838 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.05 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3838 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.02 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.69 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.0Kansas · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.91 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.01 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.21 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.71 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.90 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 1.98 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3826 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.311 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.04 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.111 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.69 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.68 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.61 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.24 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.95 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.212 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.64 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 32
  47. 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3815 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 3.51 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.8Kansas · 3813 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3813 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.16 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.84 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 1.63 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.18 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.56 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3839 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.72 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.75 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.67 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.52 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.57 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bcu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC.