Kansas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 3 km ESE of Marion, Kansas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Marion, Kansas on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

Marion forecastMore in Kansas

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-22 02:54:18 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.335° N, 96.986° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2131 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 37
  2. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2130 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 58
  3. 2.34 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 27
  4. 3.03 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2119 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1,958
  5. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2118 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 128
  6. 2.62 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 388
  7. 2.72 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 126
  8. 2.04 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 27
  9. 2.75 km W of Andover, Kansas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 105
  10. 2.61 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 265
  11. 2.72 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 175
  12. 3.44 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 805
  13. 3.45 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 388
  14. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 170
  15. 2.24 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 50
  16. 2.93 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 403
  17. 1.94 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 16
  18. 2.63 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 184
  19. 2.13 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2107 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.1Kansas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 18
  21. 1.84 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.53 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2099 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 45
  23. 1.95 km SE of Bellaire, Kansas · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  24. 3.73 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2097 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2,604
  25. 2.46 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2097 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 226
  26. 2.14 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2096 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 14
  27. 2.22 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 28
  28. 1.84 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 13

Before

  1. 2.23 km N of Hope, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.66 km S of Burns, Kansas · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.00 km SSE of Hope, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.84 km SSE of Chapman, Kansas · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.03 km NNE of Hope, Kansas · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 17

Earthquakes todayKansas earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000crdk. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC.