EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Kansas

5,962 earthquakes catalogued in and around Kansas between 1904 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
5,962
recorded earthquakes
M5.1
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.12
mean magnitude
4,564
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0111622321904: 2 (M3–4)19041906: 1 (M4–5)191419241931: 1 (M3–4)1934194419541956: 1 (M4–5)196419741979: 1 (M3–4)1981: 1 (M<3)1984: 1 (M3–4)19841986: 1 (M<3)1986: 2 (M3–4)1988: 2 (M<3)1988: 1 (M3–4)1989: 2 (M<3)1989: 2 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M3–4)1992: 1 (M<3)1992: 1 (M3–4)19941995: 1 (M<3)1995: 1 (M4–5)1996: 1 (M<3)1997: 1 (M<3)1999: 2 (M3–4)2000: 1 (M<3)2001: 2 (M3–4)2002: 3 (M<3)2002: 1 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M<3)2003: 1 (M3–4)20042007: 1 (M3–4)2008: 1 (M<3)2010: 1 (M<3)2013: 6 (M<3)2013: 4 (M3–4)2014: 876 (M<3)2014: 65 (M3–4)2014: 3 (M4–5)20142015: 2,069 (M<3)2015: 150 (M3–4)2015: 13 (M4–5)2016: 636 (M<3)2016: 61 (M3–4)2016: 2 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 547 (M<3)2017: 60 (M3–4)2017: 2 (M4–5)2018: 321 (M<3)2018: 36 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M4–5)2019: 208 (M<3)2019: 25 (M3–4)2019: 4 (M4–5)2020: 268 (M<3)2020: 16 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2021: 183 (M<3)2021: 28 (M3–4)2021: 3 (M4–5)2022: 108 (M<3)2022: 9 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M4–5)2023: 44 (M<3)2023: 8 (M3–4)2023: 1 (M4–5)2024: 42 (M<3)2024: 3 (M3–4)20242025: 85 (M<3)2025: 16 (M3–4)2026: 13 (M<3)2026: 2 (M3–4)2026: 1 (M4–5)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
5.113.02.2016 17:0710 km230 km
5.012.11.2014 21:4010 km148 km
4.930.11.2015 09:4910.6 km195 km
4.622.06.2019 08:5010 km110 km
4.519.01.2020 19:0810 km61 km
4.423.11.2015 21:176.1 km186 km
4.410.10.2015 09:201.8 km201 km
4.420.07.2015 20:199.5 km181 km
4.406.01.1956 11:5829 km102 km
4.409.06.2018 13:5913.2 km194 km
4.325.11.2016 15:1910.3 km193 km
4.329.07.2014 02:465.3 km196 km
4.331.01.2022 17:109.6 km189 km
4.302.10.2014 18:016.3 km144 km
4.308.12.2021 13:4510 km79 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.516.06.2026 23:009.7 km99 km
2.427.05.2026 12:439.7 km143 km
1.924.05.2026 16:587.8 km193 km
1.223.05.2026 08:227.8 km192 km
1.523.05.2026 06:317.9 km192 km
4.009.05.2026 03:090 km180 km
1.601.05.2026 10:218.3 km188 km
1.811.04.2026 09:237.6 km192 km
2.429.03.2026 11:397.6 km141 km
3.128.03.2026 20:315 km322 km
1.427.02.2026 07:007.7 km198 km
3.525.02.2026 20:147 km73 km
1.222.02.2026 09:187.3 km197 km
1.822.02.2026 08:247.9 km197 km
1.521.02.2026 19:077.8 km198 km
2.902.02.2026 16:485 km100 km
2.526.12.2025 06:065 km253 km
2.613.12.2025 02:495 km106 km
1.112.12.2025 23:517.6 km191 km
3.709.12.2025 03:3911.4 km74 km
2.804.12.2025 20:029 km44 km
1.701.12.2025 23:575 km198 km
2.630.11.2025 00:085 km141 km
2.929.11.2025 06:485 km146 km
2.629.11.2025 02:085 km47 km
2.426.11.2025 10:282 km244 km
2.719.11.2025 05:445 km48 km
1.216.11.2025 21:505 km197 km
2.715.11.2025 21:082.7 km245 km
1.512.11.2025 10:071.8 km245 km
2.312.11.2025 02:041.4 km246 km
2.810.11.2025 23:539.5 km42 km
2.806.11.2025 01:5010.7 km128 km
2.531.10.2025 09:069.9 km42 km
3.130.10.2025 22:166.2 km43 km
3.229.10.2025 05:148.3 km43 km
2.729.10.2025 04:127.5 km43 km
3.429.10.2025 03:465 km47 km
2.727.10.2025 09:565.5 km118 km
2.805.10.2025 19:587 km141 km
1.505.10.2025 07:516 km175 km
2.630.09.2025 14:059.7 km74 km
2.524.09.2025 14:0812.3 km136 km
2.923.09.2025 02:239.9 km75 km
3.308.09.2025 02:505 km140 km
2.525.08.2025 11:199.2 km126 km
2.523.08.2025 02:095 km124 km
2.423.08.2025 01:155 km127 km
2.522.08.2025 15:305 km137 km
2.614.08.2025 23:475 km103 km
2.505.08.2025 15:488.9 km152 km
1.905.08.2025 14:200 km333 km
3.304.08.2025 23:209.9 km72 km
3.303.08.2025 22:355 km74 km
2.702.08.2025 22:335 km70 km
3.402.08.2025 21:215 km72 km
2.829.07.2025 10:499.5 km152 km
3.027.07.2025 03:395 km81 km
2.416.07.2025 09:245 km117 km
3.015.07.2025 11:4611.7 km127 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.