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Earthquakes in Nebraska

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Nebraska was M 2.9, 7 km E of Cowles, Nebraska, at 9:40 am CDT on 11 May 2026, 5 km deep. 3 people reported feeling it to USGS.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
8 · largest M 4.1 on 1 March 2026
Since 2016
67 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 4.1 on 1 March 2026, 4 km E of Cowles, Nebraska

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 Nebraska, where USGS names the state in the location

Earthquakes are rare here

154 earthquakes of M1.5 or larger have been recorded in Nebraska in 10 years, and most weeks have none. There have been none in the last 7 days.

With so few, a QuakeIndex score — this week as a percentile of Nebraska's own weeks — would only say whether anything happened at all, so none is shown. That is a statement about Nebraska, not about our data.

USGS catalogue · updated

If you felt one

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.

The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

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Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in Nebraska

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The last 7 days on the map

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Every earthquake in Nebraska in the last 7 days, from the USGS feed. Colour and size are magnitude; tap one for its page.

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Largest on record in and around Nebraska

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 4.1 4 km E of Cowles, Nebraska
M 4.1 5 km SE of Arnold, Nebraska
M 3.9 8 km SE of Arnold, Nebraska
M 3.8 8 km WSW of Superior, Nebraska
M 3.8 2 km SE of Arnold, Nebraska
M 3.7 8 km NNE of Jewell, Kansas
M 3.7 5 km SE of Mankato, Kansas
M 3.7 10 km SE of Arnold, Nebraska

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

Before 2016: the largest in Nebraska since 1900

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

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 Nebraska

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Harlan County 58 Too quiet to score
Kearney County 42 Too quiet to score

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

Towns in Nebraska with the most earthquakes named after them

Broken Bow 21 M2.5+ named after it · Hastings 20 M2.5+ named after it · Superior 6 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 Nebraska

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.