Kansas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 16 km NW of Avard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-17 07:33:20 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.961° N, 98.091° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.816 km NW of Avard, Oklahoma · 2043 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.88 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 110
  4. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.26 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1,749
  6. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.75 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 1.55 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.85 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.15 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.35 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
  24. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.85 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  27. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.77 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.57 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
  30. 2.46 km NNE of Norwich, Kansas · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.75 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 3.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 30
  37. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.9Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
  49. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.74 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.35 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 2.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 1.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.8Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.77 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.66 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.02 km ESE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2049 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.92 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.62 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.77 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2052 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.66 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2053 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2053 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2054 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021dilp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.