Kansas earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 7 km S of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 7 km S of Cheney, Kansas on Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-08-31 07:21:16 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.559° N, 97.771° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
96
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

96 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.44 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3309 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.33 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3308 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.410 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.910 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.24 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.310 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.24 km SE of Cheney, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.510 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.85 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 24
  11. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3305 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3305 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.810 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.71 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.53 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.611 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 827
  18. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.7Kansas · 3301 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.67 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.57 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.16 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 11
  29. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  35. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  40. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
  56. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  60. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.66 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3312 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.01 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3312 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3312 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.02 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
  8. 1.65 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.18 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3316 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3317 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.98 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3317 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.58 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.68 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.68 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.04 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.18 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.68 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.911 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ade7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC.