Kansas earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 2 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas on Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-02-08 22:20:43 UTC
Depth
3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.047° N, 97.383° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 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, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
29°
Stations used
87

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.96 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.110 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.73 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.6Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.06 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.63 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.83 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.45 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
  25. 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  38. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  59. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.62 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  5. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away

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