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Gypsom, Kansas (WIBW) – The small town of Gypsum, Kansas, has been hit by four earthquakes in just under a week, the largest of which registers 3.0 on the Richter scale.
The US Geological Survey said residents of the town of Gypsum woke up from the 3.0-magnitude quake Tuesday morning just before 6:20 a.m.
The US Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was 5 km southwest of Gypsum.
The survey said that the gypsum was shaken 24 hours before the last earthquake by a series of earthquakes on Monday morning.
The US Geological Survey reports that the first earthquake occurred about 5 kilometers west, southwest of Gypsum with a magnitude of 2.6 after 12:20 a.m.
The second hit a magnitude 2.5 on the Richter scale about 25 minutes later at 12:45 a.m. The epicenter was located 3 kilometers southwest of Gypsum.
This is the fourth earthquake that hit the residents of Gypsum in November. The first happened a little less than a week ago on November 3 with a 2.9-magnitude earthquake and its epicenter was located 6 kilometers southwest of the small Kansas town just before 3:15 p.m.
To see a list of recent earthquakes documented by the USGS, click here.
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