Kansas earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 7 km NNE of Attica, Kansas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Attica, Kansas on Sat, Feb 18, 2017, 4:29 AM CST (10:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-18 10:29:59 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.301° N, 98.184° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
33

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 129.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008kn1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.