Kansas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Kansas on Thu, Sep 1, 2016, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 6 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-01 14:57:27 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.260° N, 97.572° 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
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
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: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 25
  7. 2.35 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.2Kansas · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.65 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.55 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.58 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.97 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.87 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.714 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  16. 1.66 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 75
  22. 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  24. 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  27. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.87 km NNE of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  37. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.810 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  45. 3.310 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.62 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 1.75 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.17 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
  57. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.912 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
  59. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 13
  7. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.05 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.86 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3684 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 24
  15. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.22 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70205313. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC.