M1.5 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Kansas on Tue, Mar 1, 2016, 12:42 PM CST (18:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 4 km SW 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-01 18:42:04 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.214° N, 97.980° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- 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
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 1.710 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.19 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.812 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.613 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.57 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3841 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3841 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.67 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70174728. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.