M3.0 earthquake 3 km NNE of Hope, Kansas
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Hope, Kansas on Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-24 02:49:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.721° N, 97.063° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 17
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
17 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84 km SSE of Chapman, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.00 km SSE of Hope, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
- 2.66 km S of Burns, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.23 km N of Hope, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Marion, Kansas · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cce9. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.