Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Independence
Independence, Missouri, United States · population 117,255. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days1M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year7M2.5+
Since 19001M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Independence. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 4.6 6 km WNW of Elk Creek, Nebraska Mar 1, 1935
- 4.3 6 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 8, 2021
- 4.0 4 km NW of Bennington, Kansas Nov 11, 2023
- 4.0 1 km SSW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 15, 2021
- 3.8 4 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas Oct 4, 2021
- 3.8 15 km NW of Elmdale, Kansas Sep 16, 2019
- 3.7 10 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 9, 2025
- 3.7 7 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 27, 2021
- 3.7 6 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 26, 2021
- 3.7 3 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas Dec 30, 2020
The latest nearby
- 2.6 7 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas Oct 8, 2026
- 2.9 5 km SSW of Assaria, Kansas Sep 16, 2026
- 2.5 4 km NW of Ramona, Kansas Jul 31, 2026
- 3.5 6 km E of Assaria, Kansas Feb 25, 2026
- 2.5 5 km SSW of Peru, Kansas Dec 26, 2025
- 2.6 6 km NW of Ramona, Kansas Dec 13, 2025
- 3.7 10 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas Dec 9, 2025
- 2.7 7 km SE of Enterprise, Kansas Oct 27, 2025
- 2.6 9 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas Sep 30, 2025
- 2.9 7 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas Sep 23, 2025
- 3.3 5 km E of Assaria, Kansas Aug 4, 2025
- 3.3 7 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas Aug 3, 2025
- 2.7 3 km E of Assaria, Kansas Aug 2, 2025
- 3.4 6 km ENE of Assaria, Kansas Aug 2, 2025
- 2.5 3 km W of Hale, Missouri Jul 15, 2025