M2.6 earthquake 2 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas on Sat, Feb 25, 2017, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-25 10:36:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.059° N, 97.373° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3500 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3493 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3510 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
- 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
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