M2.4 earthquake 9 km S of Spivey, Kansas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 9 km S of Spivey, Kansas on Fri, Aug 22, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 6 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-23 01:15:29 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.365° N, 98.182° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.56 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 404 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 362 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayKansas earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r38d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.