Kansas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 8 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas on Tue, May 30, 2017, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km SSE of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-30 20:55:56 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.432° N, 97.525° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  4. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.75 km S of Clearwater, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.48 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.59 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.57 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.93 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.86 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3395 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.63 km S of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 106
  36. 3.19 km W of Harper, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.37 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 3.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 15
  41. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.82 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 1.92 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 2.58 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3385 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3385 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.66 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 10
  50. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.02 km SW of Partridge, Kansas · 3382 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
  58. 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.04 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 3.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 85.

Before

  1. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.62 km SSE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.510 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.25 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 12
  7. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.86 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3416 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3416 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.06 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3417 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008wp5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC.