Kansas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 11 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 1, 2017, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-02 04:46:44 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.912° N, 97.511° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 0.9 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  14. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 2.711 km E of Belle Plaine, KS · 3260 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 9
  34. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
  41. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  49. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  14. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  18. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away

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