Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 3 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas on Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km NNW of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-03-23 06:18:36 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.211° N, 97.898° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
108°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4566 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4565 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.60 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4564 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.87 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 4561 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.36 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.92 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.13 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.85 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.71 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.97 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4549 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.66 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4547 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.94 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4546 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.96 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.95 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.53 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 3.26 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.74 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.65 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 3.16 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 3.25 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 11
  28. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 3.25 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.54 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.76 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4531 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.64 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4531 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.99 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.67 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.75 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 3.16 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  39. 3.07 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 3.44 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.84 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 2.65 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 3.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  45. 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.64 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.54 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.83 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.94 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.64 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 3.24 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.54 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 3.53 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.51 km W of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.53 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.12 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 2.8Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 3.94 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 57
  59. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.78 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.36 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.8Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.08 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.02 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4567 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.82 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4567 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4568 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.89 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.58 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 3.32 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.18 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4570 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.59 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4571 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.74 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4571 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4572 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4573 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 25
  18. 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nlu3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.