Kansas earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Kansas on Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 3 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-23 09:42:25 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.713° N, 97.236° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
18
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.84 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2095 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 45
  3. 1.95 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  4. 3.73 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2,604
  5. 2.46 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2092 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 226
  6. 2.14 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  7. 2.22 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 28
  8. 1.84 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 13
  9. 2.77 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 41
  10. 2.49 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 11
  11. 2.19 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.67 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
  13. 1.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2052 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2052 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.47 km NE of Partridge, Kansas · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.77 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.47 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 11
  2. 2.13 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.63 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 184
  4. 1.94 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
  5. 2.93 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 403
  6. 2.24 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 50
  7. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 170
  8. 3.45 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 388
  9. 3.44 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 805
  10. 2.72 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 175
  11. 2.61 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2104 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 265
  12. 2.75 km W of Andover, Kansas · 2110 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 105
  13. 2.04 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2112 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 27
  14. 2.72 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2113 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 126
  15. 2.62 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 388
  16. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 128
  17. 3.03 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1,958
  18. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.34 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 27
  20. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d25q. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.