Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
UTC: 2017-08-20 06:00:39 UTC
Depth: 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.029° N, 97.900° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.17
Station coverage gap: 74°
Stations used: 27

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 166.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a9vn (also filed as ismpkansas70233273). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.