Kansas earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km WNW of Hardtner, Kansas

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Hardtner, Kansas on Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km W of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-23 19:20:27 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.032° N, 98.721° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.010 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.55 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.15 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.46 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.816 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.71 km NW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.5Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.54 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.70 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 1.625 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.68 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.04 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 1.73 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.58 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.97 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.910 km SW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.65 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.87 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.86 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  52. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.55 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2159 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 1.84 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.62 km NNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.910 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.912 km WNW of Avard, Oklahoma · 2200 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2200 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.06 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.15 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.05 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.66 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.06 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.715 km ENE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.12 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.52 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2213 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2214 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.87 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2216 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c07q. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.