M2.7 earthquake 4 km NE of Palco, Kansas
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Palco, Kansas on Wed, Nov 3, 2021, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-03 10:10:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.283° N, 99.535° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.810 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Downs, Kansas · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km SW of Stockton, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.515 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1763 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Luray, Kansas · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fr3j. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.