M2.1 earthquake 4 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas on Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 8 km N of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-04 04:00:11 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.597° N, 97.762° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.97 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 999 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 995 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.38 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1l4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.