M3.4 earthquake 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas on Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-26 18:35:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.354° N, 98.204° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3739 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.49 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.85 km W of Argonia, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.28 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.39 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.89 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.69 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.810 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.510 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.6Kansas · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3729 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.99 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3726 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3725 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.95 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 148.
Before
- 1.75 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3741 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3741 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3741 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3741 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3741 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 3.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3743 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 3743 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3744 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.32 km SSE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3745 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
- 1.65 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3746 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000670a. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.