Kansas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 3 km NE of Cheney, Kansas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Cheney, Kansas on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-12 12:37:30 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.648° N, 97.749° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.55 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1866 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.77 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  5. 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1828 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  10. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1822 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1880 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.32 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.15 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  4. 2.22 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f4hg. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.