M2.7 earthquake 6 km NNW of Zurich, Kansas
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Zurich, Kansas on Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 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
- 2021-10-28 06:07:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.295° N, 99.460° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.74 km NE of Palco, Kansas · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Downs, Kansas · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km SW of Stockton, Kansas · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.515 km NNW of Cawker City, Kansas · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Luray, Kansas · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fpck. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.