Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 7:37 PM CDT
UTC: 2017-04-18 00:37:34 UTC
Depth: 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.072° N, 97.983° W
Region: Kansas
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.142 · 18 stations
2.54	ML, local (Richter)	ISMPKANSAS	Final · ±0.142 · 18 stations

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

From the USGS event page for us10008ihf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 1.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Station coverage gap: 142°
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 173.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ihf (also filed as ismpkansas70224978). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.