Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km W of Bluff City, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km W of Bluff City, Kansas on Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-09 02:13:54 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.072° N, 97.971° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2609 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2608 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.78 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2606 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2606 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 15
  5. 1.9Oklahoma · 2606 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.63 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2605 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.65 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2605 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.59 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2604 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.75 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2603 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.85 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2603 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.02 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2603 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.13 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2603 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.6Oklahoma · 2602 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.63 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2601 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.55 km SSE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2600 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.26 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2600 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.02 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 2600 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.83 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2598 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.52 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2598 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.8Oklahoma · 2596 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.312 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.812 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2595 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.012 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2595 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.412 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2593 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2592 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2591 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2590 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2590 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.78 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2590 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.99 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 2589 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2589 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2587 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.71 km W of Avard, Oklahoma · 2587 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2586 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.210 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2586 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 14
  37. 2.14 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2585 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2584 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2584 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.02 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2583 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2580 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2580 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2579 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.66 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2579 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2579 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.04 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2578 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.14 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.311 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2571 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  49. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2571 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2569 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2569 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2569 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.33 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2568 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2567 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 3.08 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2567 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
  58. 2.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.38 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.210 km SW of Norwich, Kansas · 2612 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2613 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2613 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2613 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2614 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.07 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.74 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.23 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
  13. 1.52 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2618 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.82 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2619 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2620 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2621 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2621 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.83 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2623 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2624 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600052lp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.