Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 3 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-21 01:29:15 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.075° N, 97.363° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
87°
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: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
  5. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2795 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.84 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2788 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2786 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
  15. 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2782 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2782 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 21
  25. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2777 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2775 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2775 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2771 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.82 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2771 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
  32. 1.84 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
  34. 1.95 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 2769 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 3.80 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2766 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 77
  36. 2.20 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2766 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 3.20 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 20
  40. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.64 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2760 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.712 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 1.9Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2760 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.98 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.18 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 2.56 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.74 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.28 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.86 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2757 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.313 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.49 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2803 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 474
  14. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  15. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 66
  16. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 154
  19. 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j6qp. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.