M2.7 earthquake 1 km N of Junction City, Kansas
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km N of Junction City, Kansas on Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-06 15:30:20 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.039° N, 96.832° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 45
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
45 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.0 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.68 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.42 km S of Junction City, Kansas · 2935 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 2.08 km N of New Cambria, Kansas · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.49 km ENE of Marion, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h9dk. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.