Kansas earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 9 km W of Harper, Kansas

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km W of Harper, Kansas on Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-06-20 22:14:57 UTC
Depth
3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.275° N, 98.130° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3380 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.37 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 15
  5. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3379 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.82 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.92 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.58 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.66 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3376 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 10
  15. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.02 km SW of Partridge, Kansas · 3374 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
  25. 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3363 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.04 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 3.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 10
  31. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.06 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 13
  36. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
  38. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.3Kansas · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 1.67 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.16 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.76 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 2.63 km S of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 106
  2. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.86 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  13. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3395 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009ntg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC.