Kansas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 4 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-30 13:42:26 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.974° N, 97.997° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
0

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

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006u2c (also filed as ismpkansas70208943). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC.