M1.6 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Kansas on Tue, Feb 2, 2016, 1:21 AM CST (07:21 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 5 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-02 07:21:48 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.337° N, 97.793° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.19 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.4Kansas · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.97 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3870 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.89 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.611 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3870 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.94 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3869 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70170268. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.