Kansas earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 3 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas on Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

Bellaire forecastMore in Kansas

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-20 21:19:59 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.739° N, 97.237° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.47 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2113 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
  2. 2.1Kansas · 2111 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 18
  3. 1.84 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2109 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2106 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 45
  5. 1.95 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2105 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  6. 3.73 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2,604
  7. 2.46 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 226
  8. 2.14 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 14
  9. 2.22 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 28
  10. 1.84 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2097 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 13
  11. 2.77 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 41
  12. 2.49 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 11
  13. 2.19 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.67 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
  15. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.47 km NE of Partridge, Kansas · 2056 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.77 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.63 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 184
  2. 1.94 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 16
  3. 2.93 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 403
  4. 2.24 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 50
  5. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 170
  6. 3.45 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 388
  7. 3.44 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 805
  8. 2.72 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 175
  9. 2.61 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 265
  10. 2.75 km W of Andover, Kansas · 2121 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 105
  11. 2.04 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2122 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 27
  12. 2.72 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 126
  13. 2.62 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2124 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 388
  14. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2125 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 128
  15. 3.03 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2126 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1,958
  16. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.34 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2134 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 27
  18. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2135 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2137 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 58
  20. 2.52 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2137 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 37

Earthquakes todayKansas earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d23l. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.