Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake Kansas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Kansas on Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-01-15 00:35:17 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.641° N, 97.503° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.15 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1715 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.46 km SW of Woodbine, Kansas · 1705 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.55 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1703 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.56 km ENE of Hope, Kansas · 1701 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.47 km ENE of Hope, Kansas · 1692 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.28 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas · 1681 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.36 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas · 1678 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.07 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1668 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 1.86 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.14 km ESE of Assaria, Kansas · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 28
  3. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.48 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.84 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.58 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  7. 2.56 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 3.77 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 28
  9. 3.76 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 46
  10. 2.02 km SSW of Marion, Kansas · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  11. 2.74 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.66 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.4Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.35 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.56 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gc5g. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.