Kansas earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Kansas on Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 11:51 PM CST (05:51 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-01-25 05:51:00 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.135° N, 97.812° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km S of Milton, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.32 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 10
  3. 2.92 km WSW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 69
  4. 3.110 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.15 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.58 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.48 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.61 km E of Danville, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vfk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC.