Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 2 km SSE of Willowbrook, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Willowbrook, Kansas on Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 5 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-16 13:30:55 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.084° N, 97.981° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
25
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

25 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.71 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 31
  2. 2.54 km E of Willowbrook, Kansas · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 13
  3. 3.15 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 83
  4. 2.11 km NNW of Hutchinson, Kansas · 2599 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.13 km W of Hutchinson, Kansas · 2599 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.02 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2599 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.84 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2599 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.83 km NW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2599 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 13
  9. 4.15 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2598 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 656
  10. 1.71 km N of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2595 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.13 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2584 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 102
  12. 2.15 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2583 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 16
  13. 2.35 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2581 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.55 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2570 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.11 km NNE of Hutchinson, Kansas · 2557 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.65 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2557 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 17
  17. 2.32 km WNW of Assaria, Kansas · 2550 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.22 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2547 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 30

Before

  1. 3.13 km N of Partridge, Kansas · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 91
  2. 4.23 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1,075
  3. 2.44 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2602 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  4. 2.210 km SW of Norwich, Kansas · 2608 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.25 km NNE of Kipp, Kansas · 2617 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 18
  6. 3.12 km ENE of New Cambria, Kansas · 2617 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 101
  7. 1.74 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 2623 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600055ya. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.