Kansas earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 7 km SE of Harper, Kansas

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Harper, Kansas on Thu, Oct 2, 2014, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km ENE of Milan, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Oct 2, 2014, 1:03 PM CDT
UTC: 2014-10-02 18:03:43 UTC
Depth: 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.232° N, 97.975° W
Region: Kansas
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.1	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	ISMPKANSAS	Final · ±0.221 · 7 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 123°
Stations used: 13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 182 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sjkq (also filed as ismpkansas70038163). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC.