Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNE of Danville, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Danville, Kansas on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 7 km E of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-31 08:22:48 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.337° N, 97.870° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.48 km SW of Milton, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.07 km N of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.06 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.66 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.78 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.16 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.16 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.37 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.76 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.34 km NE of Partridge, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  14. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.610 km N of Harper, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.48 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 3.77 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 1.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 3.17 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.48 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2941 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2940 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.66 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.36 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2933 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.05 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.15 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 2.311 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2927 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 1.611 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 2.611 km SW of Wellington, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.111 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 3.011 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  51. 1.911 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.511 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 3.510 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 7
  54. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.86 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.85 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.2Kansas · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.28 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.56 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.76 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.27 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.44 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.012 km SW of Norwich, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.56 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.27 km N of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.55 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.66 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.95 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 28
  15. 3.29 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.19 km SW of Milton, Kansas · 2956 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.97 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2956 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 3.08 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.74 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2956 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h5ww. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.