Kansas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 1 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas on Thu, Sep 21, 2017, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-21 11:38:40 UTC
Depth
14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.430° N, 98.156° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  37. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.711 km E of Belle Plaine, KS · 3260 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  45. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  51. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 88.

Before

  1. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  14. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aset. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC.