M2.6 earthquake 6 km W of Kipp, Kansas
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km W of Kipp, Kansas on Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 10:24 PM CST (04:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 3 km SW of South Hutchinson, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-27 04:24:46 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.780° N, 97.531° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 42
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
42 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 37
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.61 km SSE of New Cambria, Kansas · 2760 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km SW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2753 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 60
- 2.23 km NW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 2753 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36 km WNW of New Cambria, Kansas · 2743 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j9cm (also filed as ismpkansas70255278). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.