Kansas earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 5 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 17:44:53 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.038° N, 97.845° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.19 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.33 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 16
  7. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.29 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.77 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
  13. 1.76 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.60 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  17. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.14 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.611 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.53 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1832 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 89
  40. 3.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
  41. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  42. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  51. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  53. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.94 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.55 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.33 km NE of Cheney, Kansas · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.77 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 1871 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.91 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1874 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.96 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1876 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1877 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1877 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.32 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1880 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.03 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 1881 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1882 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1884 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1885 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f69c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.