Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Kansas on Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-12 16:23:39 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.860° N, 97.314° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 2.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.95 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1784 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.65 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1780 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.53 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.95 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.96 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 15
  6. 2.64 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.95 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.53 km NNE of Assaria, Kansas · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.36 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 812
  10. 2.66 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.08 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 29
  12. 2.48 km S of Gypsum, Kansas · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.05 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.6Kansas · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 3.84 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1815 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 138

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000fu01. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC.