M2.3 earthquake 11 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas on Fri, Jun 2, 2017, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km SSE of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-02 23:14:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.164° N, 97.416° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3408 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3408 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3408 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
- 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.63 km S of Rose Hill, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 106
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 3.19 km W of Harper, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3390 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3390 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3390 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
- 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.82 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.92 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3386 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 3.39 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
- 2.613 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
- 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3374 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 112.
Before
- 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 2.48 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km S of Clearwater, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
- 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 15
- 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009jdj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.