Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 8 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 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
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-12 23:19:37 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.654° N, 97.507° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1743 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.01 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1742 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 129
  3. 3.57 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas · 1742 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 20
  4. 3.17 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1742 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.56 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.35 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  7. 2.4Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.66 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.74 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.02 km SSW of Marion, Kansas · 1732 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.76 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1731 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 46
  12. 3.77 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1730 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 28
  13. 2.56 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1730 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1730 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.84 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.48 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.14 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 28
  19. 1.86 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1712 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.7Kansas · 1712 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.15 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1711 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  22. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1706 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.46 km SW of Woodbine, Kansas · 1697 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1694 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.56 km ENE of Hope, Kansas · 1692 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10

Before

  1. 3.67 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 101
  2. 2.56 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.6Kansas · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.05 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.48 km S of Gypsum, Kansas · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.08 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 29
  7. 2.66 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.36 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 812
  9. 2.53 km NNE of Assaria, Kansas · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.95 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.64 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.96 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 15

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gbr8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.