Kansas earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 28 km SSE of Protection, Kansas

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Protection, Kansas on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-08-15 17:13:16 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.969° N, 99.346° W
Region
Kansas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away

Before

  1. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  10. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a8hi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.