M3.8 earthquake 10 km SE of Freeport, Kansas
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Freeport, Kansas on Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 9:09 AM CST (15:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-12-16 15:09:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.130° N, 97.776° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 104
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
104 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 20°, dip 37°, rake -134°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 251°, dip 64°, rake -62°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4667 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 3.63 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4660 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 12
- 2.913 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4659 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km SE of Alva, Oklahoma · 4659 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
- 2.62 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4658 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 3.58 km SE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4654 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
- 2.36 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4650 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.76 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4647 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
- 2.73 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 3.12 km WSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4627 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4625 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4625 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4624 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.610 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4624 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 34
- 3.38 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4623 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 3.53 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4622 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
- 3.35 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4621 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4617 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 4616 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.59 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4616 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.49 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 2.66 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4675 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4684 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4690 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4690 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
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