Kansas earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 5 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-03 17:43:43 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.217° N, 97.776° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.55 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.58 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.97 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.87 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
  7. 2.714 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.66 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 75
  14. 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 8
  19. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  23. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.87 km NNE of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  27. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.810 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  35. 3.310 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  38. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.62 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 1.75 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.17 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  45. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  48. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.912 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 13
  50. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.31 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 9
  53. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.01 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 1.61 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.85 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  60. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.35 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 25
  4. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.5Kansas · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
  16. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.05 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70205713. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.