Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 10 km S of Spivey, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km S of Spivey, Kansas on Wed, Sep 27, 2017, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 11 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-28 04:02:38 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.350° N, 98.154° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3273 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
  14. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  22. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.711 km E of Belle Plaine, KS · 3261 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  30. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  2. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
  6. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000avr1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.