M2.6 earthquake 10 km ENE of Luray, Kansas
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Luray, Kansas on Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 10:22 PM CST (04:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-02 04:22:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.144° N, 98.580° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 2.515 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.69 km W of Webber, Kansas · 1765 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.111 km W of Webber, Kansas · 1766 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km SW of Stockton, Kansas · 1767 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1775 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.613 km NNE of Downs, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Palco, Kansas · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g8cl. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.