Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km S of Spivey, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km S of Spivey, Kansas on Thu, Sep 7, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-07 21:53:50 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.344° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
43

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ahrz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.