Kansas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-13 13:55:52 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.186° N, 97.454° 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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
134°
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: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.34 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.214 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.46 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.27 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.57 km NE of Norwich, KS · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.28 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 45
  19. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 116
  20. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  30. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.82 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.61 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.04 km WNW of Wellington, Kansas · 2346 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 3.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  38. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.65 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2342 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.85 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.9Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.7Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.614 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.46 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.5Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2337 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2337 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.46 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2333 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2333 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 2.47 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.86 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2330 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2330 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.29 km SE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2329 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 1.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.16 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.615 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.85 km WNW of Wellington, Kansas · 2399 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 28
  15. 1.51 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.6Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.12 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.37 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2409 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008f0j. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.