Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas on Sun, Jun 25, 2017, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-06-25 15:42:07 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.573° N, 97.814° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.02 km SW of Partridge, Kansas · 3374 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  9. 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3363 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.04 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 3.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  12. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.06 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.3Kansas · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.67 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.16 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.76 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.57 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 1.57 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.07 km S of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 3.05 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 129
  41. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.510 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 3.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10
  48. 1.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.410 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3338 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3338 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.712 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3337 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  58. 1.712 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 3.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3335 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  60. 3.410 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3335 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.58 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.92 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.82 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 15
  10. 2.37 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3380 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.19 km W of Harper, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.63 km S of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 106
  15. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009pmi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC.