M2.6 earthquake 8 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas on Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-13 17:29:30 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.339° N, 96.838° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km S of Junction City, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.08 km N of New Cambria, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.49 km ENE of Marion, Kansas · 2911 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000he2a. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.