Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas on Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-19 18:29:33 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.368° N, 98.144° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3267 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3263 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3256 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.7Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  22. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3243 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3234 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3231 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3231 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.91 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3228 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3228 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3226 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.58 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3217 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.711 km E of Belle Plaine, KS · 3268 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
  3. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3274 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3276 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3276 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3277 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000au98. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC.