Kansas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 9 km ESE of Clearwater, Kansas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Clearwater, Kansas on Tue, Mar 28, 2017, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-28 17:07:31 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.474° N, 97.404° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
87

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 257
  2. 2.910 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3468 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 13
  3. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.96 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3464 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3463 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.011 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.07 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
  27. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3449 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.78 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3448 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3448 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.17 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.47 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.66 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.87 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 3.0Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
  47. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.06 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 1.95 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 64
  2. 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.7Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008vcm. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.