M2.4 earthquake 4 km NE of South Haven, Kansas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 4 km NE of South Haven, Kansas on Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km W of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-16 03:58:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.081° N, 97.368° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2802 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2797 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2787 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2785 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2780 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 21
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2776 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
- 1.84 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2769 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 2768 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.80 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 77
- 2.20 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.20 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 20
- 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2759 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.98 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 474
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 66
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 154
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2818 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
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