M2.4 earthquake 7 km ESE of Marion, Kansas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Marion, Kansas on Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 1 km N of Junction City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-31 03:09:14 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.314° N, 96.940° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 10
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
10 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32 km NW of Kipp, Kansas · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km SE of New Cambria, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km N of Junction City, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 45
- 2.68 km N of Cedar Point, Kansas · 2930 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.42 km S of Junction City, Kansas · 2930 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.08 km N of New Cambria, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ghuv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.