Kansas earthquakes

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.

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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.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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

The first 60 of 165.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mdh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.