Kansas earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 8 km N of Caldwell, Kansas

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km N of Caldwell, Kansas on Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 7 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-09-21 08:31:33 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.106° N, 97.596° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.38 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.95 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.68 km SE of Braman, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.78 km ESE of Braman, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.87 km SE of Braman, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.15 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.05 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.13 km SSW of Cherokee, OK · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.93 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.03 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.3Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.512 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2537 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.02 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.66 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.96 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.61 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.41 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.62 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 2532 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 2.33 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 3.77 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
  45. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.96 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.55 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 2525 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.57 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.52 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.61 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.57 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.73 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.33 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.311 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2562 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.14 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2568 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.04 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2569 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  16. 1.66 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.02 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60005lq5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.