Kansas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 26 km SSE of Protection, Kansas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Protection, Kansas on Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-07-24 01:59:00 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.974° N, 99.382° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
129°
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: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  16. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 13
  9. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 20

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a09y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC.