Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km NE of Harper, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Harper, Kansas on Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-02 17:20:41 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.328° N, 97.990° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3003 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.62 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3000 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2998 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  5. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.66 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.96 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2990 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2982 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.6Kansas · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.63 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2976 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.72 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 2974 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.98 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  29. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 17
  30. 2.38 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 3.08 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 2.45 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.610 km NNW of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.37 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  53. 2.57 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 1.57 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.93 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.43 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 3.49 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  59. 2.46 km SSW of Norwich, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.57 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.58 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.96 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.58 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.25 km NW of Wellington, Kansas · 3009 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 41
  8. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3012 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.14 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3015 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.18 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3017 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3024 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1,955
  19. 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.67 km WSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3028 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fu3t. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.