Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 2 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas on Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-08 03:14:48 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.040° N, 97.382° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3521 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3521 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.96 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3519 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.110 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.73 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.6Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.06 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.63 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.83 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.45 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3512 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
  29. 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  43. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3500 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ids. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC.