M1.8 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 4 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-30 13:18:43 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.260° N, 97.876° 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
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km E of Milton, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 34
- 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 41
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 4.04 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 260
- 2.64 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 1.72 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.68 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 21
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ismpkansas70211698. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.