Kansas earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 5 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 7:32 AM CST (13:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 7 km NE of Norwich, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-23 13:32:46 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 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
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
78

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.77 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.57 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
  4. 2.46 km NNE of Norwich, Kansas · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.75 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 30
  11. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.9Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
  23. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.74 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.35 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.55 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  40. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.410 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  54. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.49 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.75 km NW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.35 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.15 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.85 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.55 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.75 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 1.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021dtwm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.