M2.0 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Kansas on Thu, Jan 7, 2016, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-08 03:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.023° N, 97.779° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3886 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3886 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3885 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.76 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3883 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
- 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 6
- 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
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