M3.0 earthquake 0 km SSE of Hope, Kansas
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 0 km SSE of Hope, Kansas on Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 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
- 2020-10-26 06:08:57 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.684° N, 97.072° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 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 3.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km S of Burns, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.23 km N of Hope, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Marion, Kansas · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cd6r. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.