Kansas earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas on Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 1 km E of Eastborough, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-05 12:06:20 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.704° N, 97.251° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 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 1.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.11 km E of Eastborough, Kansas · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 11
  2. 3.07 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
  3. 2.22 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 8
  4. 2.15 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.32 km WNW of South Hutchinson, Kansas · 1894 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  6. 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1880 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.33 km NE of Cheney, Kansas · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.55 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.77 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 1.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1908 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.34 km ESE of Milton, Kansas · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.51 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1914 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.22 km ENE of Milton, Kansas · 1916 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.54 km E of Eastborough, Kansas · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 17
  6. 2.85 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 1930 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 11
  7. 1.93 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eiub. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.