M2.2 earthquake 8 km NNE of Harper, Kansas
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Harper, Kansas on Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 2:44 AM CST (08:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-11 08:44:35 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.356° N, 97.988° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2489 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2482 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2482 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2471 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 70
- 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2452 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.52 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2450 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3,308
- 1.91 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.83 km NW of South Hutchinson, KS · 2443 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.68 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2430 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 29
Before
- 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.26 km NW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Norwich, Kansas · 2500 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2501 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2501 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2503 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.36 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2503 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.66 km NW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
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