Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Danville, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Danville, Kansas on Tue, May 24, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, May 24, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT
UTC: 2016-05-24 21:46:42 UTC
Depth: 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.313° N, 97.841° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.28
Station coverage gap: 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 34

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 176.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005xn1 (also filed as ismpkansas70187743). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.