Jan 06, 2020

Rooks Co. tops 2019 earthquake list in Kansas

Posted Jan 06, 2020 3:12 PM

According to the Kansas Geological Survey, Rooks County had the most earthquakes of at least 2.0 magnitude in 2019, with 87.

The most significant was a 4.8 magnitude quake that hit on June 22. The only recorded earthquake in northwest Kansas in 2020 was a magnitude 2.5 quake that occurred just after 4 p.m. Jan. 3 in Phillips County.