M2.8 earthquake 4 km SSE of Chapman, Kansas
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Chapman, Kansas on Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 0 km SSE of Hope, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-25 21:44:50 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.930° N, 97.003° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.00 km SSE of Hope, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 9
- 2.66 km S of Burns, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.23 km N of Hope, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Marion, Kansas · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cd2w. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.