Kansas earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas on Tue, Jul 5, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-07-05 20:17:15 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.355° N, 98.195° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Kansas · 3735 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.55 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.94 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.38 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3734 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.5Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.7Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.99 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
  11. 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.88 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.5Kansas · 3731 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3729 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3729 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.15 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.95 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.59 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.66 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3723 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.92 km NE of Freeport, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.5Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.51 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 3.12 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.06 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.512 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.65 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3718 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.57 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.0Kansas · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.810 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.69 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.89 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.56 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.72 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3739 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3739 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.39 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3740 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006069. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC.