Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km SSE of Milton, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Milton, Kansas on Wed, May 10, 2017, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-10 10:52:28 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.356° N, 97.751° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3420 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
  13. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.06 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 1.86 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3408 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  26. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  29. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.25 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 2.510 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  32. 2.62 km SSE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.38 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
  39. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.75 km S of Clearwater, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.48 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.59 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  44. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.57 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.93 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3397 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3395 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 1.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 15
  3. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 14
  11. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 15
  20. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008r3d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.