M1.7 earthquake 1 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas on Fri, Apr 3, 2015, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 6 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-03 14:48:09 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.093° N, 97.869° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.46 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.01 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.27 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.95 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.06 km N of Anthony, KS · 4156 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.64 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.11 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.011 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.53 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.07 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 1.71 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.04 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.34 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4153 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.71 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 3.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
- 1.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
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