M2.9 earthquake 3 km N of Bennington, Kansas
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km N of Bennington, Kansas on Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NW of Bennington, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-04 01:40:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.061° N, 97.593° 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 IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.04 km NW of Bennington, Kansas · 1057 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 258
- 3.43 km NNW of Bennington, Kansas · 1043 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 31
- 2.67 km NNE of Bennington, Kansas · 1030 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
- 3.17 km E of Assaria, Kansas · 1017 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 22
- 3.46 km NNE of Bennington, Kansas · 1006 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 41
Before
Earthquakes todayKansas earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000l8ss. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC.