Kansas earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 10 km SE of Freeport, Kansas

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Freeport, Kansas on Mon, Feb 3, 2014, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-02-03 09:03:21 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.132° N, 97.768° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
34
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
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
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

34 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 195°, dip 50°, rake -120°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 57°, dip 48°, rake -59°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
30°
Stations used
65

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.38 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4622 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  2. 3.53 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4621 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
  3. 3.35 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4620 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4616 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 4616 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.59 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.49 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4614 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.53 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4614 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 3.14 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4611 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.78 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  11. 2.77 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 3.23 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4605 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.83 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4605 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.711 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4603 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.67 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4603 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.04 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4600 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.49 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4600 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4600 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 3.29 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4600 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  20. 3.48 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4599 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  21. 2.87 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.09 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.94 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  24. 2.6Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.53 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4588 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.78 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.84 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 3.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 3.22 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.72 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.55 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4585 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.97 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4583 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 3.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4582 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 25
  46. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.74 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.59 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4579 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 3.18 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 3.32 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.58 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.89 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 3.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.82 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4576 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 3.02 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4576 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
  58. 3.08 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.8Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 3.36 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4623 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.613 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4624 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.75 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4624 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.12 km WSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4626 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.73 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4638 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.76 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4646 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.36 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4649 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.58 km SE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4653 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11

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