Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km SW of Waldron, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Waldron, Kansas on Sun, Apr 16, 2017, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-16 08:43:30 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.988° N, 98.202° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.78 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.17 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.47 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.66 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3441 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.87 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.0Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  19. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.06 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.95 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  27. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 15
  43. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 14
  58. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3448 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 9
  4. 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.07 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.011 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008i2v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.