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Earthquakes in Kansas

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Kansas was M 2.7, 7 km SSW of Luray, Kansas, at 12:18 pm CDT on 15 October 2026, 9 km deep.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Kansas in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
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Last 7 days
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Last 30 days
1 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 15
Last 12 months
21 · largest M 3.7 on 8 December 2025
Since 2016
1,932 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 4.6 on 22 June 2019, 2 km SSE of Zurich, Kansas

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Kansas, where USGS names the state in the location

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0 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Kansas. Normal for here is 1 to 8 in a week.

Compared against Kansas's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.9–M2.8), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes in Kansas

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Largest on record in and around Kansas

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 4.6 2 km SSE of Zurich, Kansas
M 4.5 7 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
M 4.5 2 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas
M 4.4 8 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma
M 4.4 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
M 4.3 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
M 4.3 6 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas
M 4.2 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Kansas, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Kansas since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists no earthquake of M5 or more in Kansas.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The most active counties in Kansas

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Harper County 2,960 Quiet (0)
Barber County 2,721 Quiet (0)
Reno County 916 Quiet (0)
Harvey County 679 Quiet (0)
McPherson County 319 Quiet (0)
Marion County 280 Quiet (0)
Saline County 253 Quiet (0)
Cloud County 235 Quiet (0)
Ottawa County 235 Quiet (0)
Lincoln County 217 Quiet (0)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Kansas with the most earthquakes named after them

Anthony 159 M2.5+ named after it · Salina 85 M2.5+ named after it · Beloit 64 M2.5+ named after it · Caldwell 51 M2.5+ named after it · Wellington 35 M2.5+ named after it · Wichita 34 M2.5+ named after it · Marion 19 M2.5+ named after it · South Hutchinson 19 M2.5+ named after it · Hays 17 M2.5+ named after it · Hill City 13 M2.5+ named after it · Plainville 12 M2.5+ named after it · Ellis 11 M2.5+ named after it · Cheney 11 M2.5+ named after it · Russell 10 M2.5+ named after it · Herington 10 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Kansas

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.