M2.6 earthquake 6 km S of Burns, Kansas

Magnitude

2.6 (mb_lg), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 10:23 AM CDT

UTC

2020-10-27 15:23:00 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.036° N, 96.881° W

Region

Kansas

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

115°

Stations used

34

• El Dorado, KansasPopulation 12,931. Forecast24 kmN
• Wichita, KansasPopulation 396,119. Forecast55 kmNE
• Dallas, TexasPopulation 1,326,087. Forecast584 kmN

After

1. 2.23 km N of Hope, KansasTue, Oct 27, 10:29 PM CDT · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
2. 2.33 km ESE of Marion, KansasSat, Nov 21, 8:54 PM CST · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
3. 2.52 km NE of Eastborough, KansasThu, Nov 26, 4:27 PM CST · 2131 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 37
4. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, KansasFri, Nov 27, 12:27 PM CST · 2130 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 58
5. 2.34 km NE of Eastborough, KansasMon, Nov 30, 9:11 AM CST · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 27
6. 3.03 km NNE of Eastborough, KansasTue, Dec 8, 10:54 AM CST · 2119 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1,958
7. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, KansasWed, Dec 9, 8:59 AM CST · 2118 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 128
8. 2.62 km NNE of Eastborough, KansasThu, Dec 10, 2:34 AM CST · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 388
9. 2.72 km NE of Eastborough, KansasThu, Dec 10, 7:36 AM CST · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 126
10. 2.04 km ENE of Eastborough, KansasFri, Dec 11, 7:31 PM CST · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 27
11. 2.75 km W of Andover, KansasSun, Dec 13, 11:26 AM CST · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 105
12. 2.61 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 11:42 AM CST · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 265
13. 2.72 km ENE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 12:40 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 175
14. 3.44 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 12:47 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 805
15. 3.45 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 12:52 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 388
16. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 1:18 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 170
17. 2.24 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 3:12 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 50
18. 2.93 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSat, Dec 19, 8:39 PM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 403
19. 1.94 km NE of Eastborough, KansasSun, Dec 20, 1:08 AM CST · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 16
20. 2.63 km NNE of Eastborough, KansasSun, Dec 20, 2:20 AM CST · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 184
21. 2.13 km SE of Bellaire, KansasSun, Dec 20, 3:19 PM CST · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
22. 2.47 km NE of Mayfield, KansasSun, Dec 20, 4:38 PM CST · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
23. 2.1KansasWed, Dec 23, 3:42 AM CST · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 18
24. 1.84 km SE of Bellaire, KansasThu, Dec 24, 10:24 PM CST · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3

Before

1. 3.00 km SSE of Hope, KansasMon, Oct 26, 1:08 AM CDT · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
2. 2.84 km SSE of Chapman, KansasSun, Oct 25, 4:44 PM CDT · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
3. 3.03 km NNE of Hope, KansasFri, Oct 23, 9:49 PM CDT · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 17

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