Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 05:09:18 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.962° N, 98.095° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

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Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
101

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 92.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021mavf (also filed as us7000eeuz). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.