Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 1 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-12 01:02:18 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.682° N, 97.494° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.67 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 101
  2. 2.68 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1754 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.56 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1752 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.01 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 129
  5. 3.57 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 20
  6. 3.17 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  7. 2.56 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.35 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.4Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.66 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.74 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.02 km SSW of Marion, Kansas · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.76 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 46
  14. 3.77 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 28
  15. 2.56 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.84 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.48 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.14 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 28
  21. 1.86 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.7Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.15 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  24. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1715 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.46 km SW of Woodbine, Kansas · 1706 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1703 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.56 km ENE of Hope, Kansas · 1702 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10

Before

  1. 2.6Kansas · 1756 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.05 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1756 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.48 km S of Gypsum, Kansas · 1757 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.08 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 29
  5. 2.66 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.36 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1758 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 812
  7. 2.53 km NNE of Assaria, Kansas · 1763 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.95 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.64 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.96 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gbj0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.