Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Junction City, KS

M 2.7

Latest: 4:56 am CDT on 27 October 2025 · 27 km (17 mi) SW of Junction City, KS

The most recent earthquake near Junction City was M 2.7, 27 km (17 mi) SW of Junction City, KS, at 4:56 am CDT on 27 October 2025.

Within 30 km since 2016: 5 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 1
Largest since 2016: M 2.8 on 25 October 2020, 18 km (11 mi) SW of Junction City, KS
Reported felt: 4 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 19 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 6 minutes ago · this page 01:02 UTC

The latest 16

2.7 27 km (17 mi) SW of Junction City, KS Oct 27, 2025
4:56 am CDT
3.5 32 km (20 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 25 Oct 10, 2024
9:20 am CDT
2.8 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 1 Jan 22, 2023
2:06 pm CST
2.4 14 km (9 mi) W of Junction City, KS · felt by 8 Jul 7, 2022
4:09 am CDT
2.5 31 km (19 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS Apr 30, 2022
11:06 am CDT
2.3 33 km (21 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 1 Feb 26, 2022
12:29 am CST
2.2 34 km (21 mi) SW of Junction City, KS · felt by 3 Feb 23, 2022
7:56 am CST
2.4 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 3 Jan 29, 2022
8:05 pm CST
3.1 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 8 Sep 11, 2021
8:07 am CDT
2.8 18 km (11 mi) SW of Junction City, KS · felt by 1 Oct 25, 2020
4:44 pm CDT
2.7 38 km (24 mi) S of Junction City, KS · felt by 4 Aug 15, 2020
2:23 am CDT
2.7 34 km (21 mi) SW of Junction City, KS · felt by 6 Jun 4, 2020
8:05 pm CDT
2.4 34 km (21 mi) SW of Junction City, KS · felt by 1 Mar 24, 2020
11:28 pm CDT
3.3 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Junction City, KS · felt by 12 Mar 24, 2020
4:31 pm CDT
2.4 3 km (2 mi) S of Junction City, KS · felt by 3 Sep 14, 2018
4:28 am CDT
2.7 in Junction City, KS · felt by 45 Sep 6, 2018
10:30 am 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 Junction City time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Junction City are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Junction City; dots are the 5 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 Junction City.

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

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