Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 2 km NW of Freeport, Kansas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Freeport, Kansas on Sat, Mar 15, 2014, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-03-15 10:09:41 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.219° N, 97.877° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4581 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 25
  6. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.74 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.59 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4578 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4577 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.18 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4577 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 3.32 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.58 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.89 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4575 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
  16. 2.82 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4575 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 3.02 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4575 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.08 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.8Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.36 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.78 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.73 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4574 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4573 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4572 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.60 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4572 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.87 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 4569 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4566 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  28. 3.36 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4564 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.92 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4563 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 3.13 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4562 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.85 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4562 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.71 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4562 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
  36. 2.97 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.66 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.94 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 3.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4549 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.96 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4547 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.95 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4546 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.53 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4545 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 3.26 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4544 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.74 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4544 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4543 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4543 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.65 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4543 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 3.16 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4542 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 3.25 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  50. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 3.25 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.54 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.76 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4540 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.64 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4538 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.99 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.67 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.75 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 3.16 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 90.

Before

  1. 2.97 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.55 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.72 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.22 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4585 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4585 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4585 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  11. 2.84 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4585 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.53 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.6Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.94 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4594 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
  16. 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4598 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.49 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4598 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.04 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4598 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.67 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4601 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.83 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4603 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nccz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.