Kansas earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 6 km S of Argonia, Kansas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 6 km S of Argonia, Kansas on Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-02 19:47:04 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.211° N, 97.777° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.04 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.12 km NNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2394 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.411 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2389 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2389 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.34 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.46 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  22. 2.27 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.57 km NE of Norwich, KS · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.28 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2376 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.93 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.64 km ENE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 45
  31. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 116
  32. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2370 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2360 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  42. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.82 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.61 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.04 km WNW of Wellington, Kansas · 2354 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.02 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  50. 3.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.65 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2351 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  55. 1.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.85 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.9Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.7Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.85 km WNW of Wellington, Kansas · 2408 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 28
  4. 1.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.51 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 2413 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.12 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.37 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2418 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.93 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.75 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.07 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.39 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.69 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 2426 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2427 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 29
  17. 1.67 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000882t. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.