Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 26 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 26 km SSE of Protection, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-07-23 03:27:15 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.963° N, 99.373° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  25. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  35. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  42. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 13
  8. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 20
  16. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a0v0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC.