M2.2 earthquake 3 km N of Hope, Kansas
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 3 km N of Hope, Kansas on Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 3 km ESE of Marion, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-28 03:29:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.726° N, 97.075° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 2.66 km S of Burns, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.00 km SSE of Hope, Kansas · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 9
- 2.84 km SSE of Chapman, Kansas · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km NNE of Hope, Kansas · 2167 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 17
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c6kr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC.