M1.6 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Kansas on Thu, Feb 4, 2016, 7:45 AM CST (13:45 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. 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
- 2016-02-04 13:45:59 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.023° N, 97.777° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.911 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.94 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 8
- 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 17
- 1.81 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.010 km NW of South Haven, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.15 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70170593. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.