Kansas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sat, Feb 13, 2016, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-14 00:25:25 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.056° N, 97.892° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
19

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. 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.26 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.16 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.95 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  31. 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  41. 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  56. 1.710 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.19 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70172233. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.