M2.9 earthquake 4 km E of Milton, Kansas
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km E of Milton, Kansas on Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 7 km SSE of Milton, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-05 09:20:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.434° N, 97.723° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 34
- 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3605 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 41
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3589 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3589 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.04 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 260
- 2.64 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 1.72 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.68 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 21
- 2.39 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3585 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
- 2.211 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3580 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3574 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3567 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.56 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3567 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.03 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100074a8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.