Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Hillsboro, KS

M 2.6

Latest: 5:07 pm CDT on 21 April 2025 · 24 km (15 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS

The most recent earthquake near Hillsboro was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS, at 5:07 pm CDT on 21 April 2025. 1 person reported feeling it to USGS.

Within 30 km since 2016: 15 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 0
Largest since 2016: M 3.2 on 16 September 2019, 28 km (17 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS
Reported felt: 13 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 25 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 17 minutes ago · this page 02:17 UTC

The latest 15

2.6 24 km (15 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 1 Apr 21, 2025
5:07 pm CDT
2.4 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 14 May 2, 2024
8:02 pm CDT
2.5 29 km (18 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 6 Jan 4, 2024
4:52 pm CST
2.5 29 km (18 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 2 Nov 2, 2022
12:04 pm CDT
2.2 21 km (13 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 2 Oct 10, 2022
12:04 am CDT
2.0 15 km (10 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 5 Dec 25, 2021
5:43 pm CST
2.3 19 km (12 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS Nov 21, 2020
8:54 pm CST
2.8 20 km (13 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 24 Apr 9, 2020
8:06 pm CDT
2.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 1 Mar 11, 2020
10:46 pm CDT
3.1 25 km (16 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 11 Jan 29, 2020
5:19 pm CST
2.8 28 km (17 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 44 Jan 28, 2020
11:45 pm CST
3.0 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 7 Nov 11, 2019
5:21 pm CST
3.2 28 km (17 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 8 Sep 16, 2019
9:59 am CDT
2.4 25 km (16 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS Oct 3, 2018
7:40 pm CDT
2.4 23 km (15 mi) E of Hillsboro, KS · felt by 10 Jul 30, 2018
10:09 pm CDT

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Hillsboro time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Hillsboro are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Hillsboro; dots are the 15 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Hillsboro.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

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