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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Anthony, KS
No earthquake was likely felt in Anthony in the 24 hours to 4:02 pm CST (22:02 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 172 km (107 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Anthony
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Anthony, KS, at 6:41 am CST on 28 December 2016 (12:41 UTC), 4.4 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas
81 km (51 mi) SW of Wichita, KS
- When
- 6:41 am CST on 28 December 2016 ()
- Where
- 4 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Anthony, KS · earthquakes near Anthony
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Harper County, 4 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3144 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Anthony, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Harper.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2016-11-25 — about 4,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.1905, -98.0175. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harper County, KS | 4 km (3 mi) | W | earthquakes near Harper County |
| Kingman County, KS | 42 km (26 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kingman County |
| Sumner County, KS | 47 km (29 mi) | E | earthquakes near Sumner County |
| Grant County, OK | 49 km (31 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Barber County, KS | 59 km (37 mi) | W | earthquakes near Barber County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.2 7 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma
- 1.7 7 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
- 1.5 7 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas
- 1.8 2 km E of Anthony, Kansas
- 1.9 7 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
- 1.5 7 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
- 2.5 7 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma
- 2.1 8 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma
- 2.8 13 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma
- 1.7 4 km SE of Freeport, Kansas
- 1.9 9 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas
- 3.2 0 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
- 1.8 9 km S of Milton, Kansas
- 1.7 8 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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