M2.5 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Kansas on Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km NNE of Norwich, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-30 09:50:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.508° N, 97.802° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km NNE of Norwich, Kansas · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2477 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2470 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 70
- 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.52 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2438 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3,308
- 1.91 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83 km NW of South Hutchinson, KS · 2430 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.96 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2488 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.36 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.28 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2508 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.411 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2509 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.03 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2516 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 200
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006erh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC.