M3.1 earthquake Kansas
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in Kansas on Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-05 09:40:50 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.275° N, 99.431° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km SSE of Zurich, Kansas · 2615 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km E of Catharine, Kansas · 2601 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 2.510 km ENE of Damar, Kansas · 2641 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.611 km SSW of Natoma, Kansas · 2649 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 4.62 km SSE of Zurich, Kansas · 2651 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1,219
- 2.57 km NE of Zurich, Kansas · 2651 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004avj. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.