Kansas earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 8 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 10:40 PM CST (04:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 9 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.2 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 10:40 PM CST
UTC: 2017-01-07 04:40:40 UTC
Depth: 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.114° N, 97.794° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Stations used: 0

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 145.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007rt7 (also filed as ismpkansas70217223). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.