Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km W of Freeport, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km W of Freeport, Kansas on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-20 19:44:06 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.205° N, 97.931° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
59

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.18 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
  11. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.94 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.66 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.87 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.63 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2150 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.93 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2149 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.54 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2149 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.04 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2148 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.56 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2144 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.56.1 km N of Cherokee, OK · 2142 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.57.0 km ENE of Helena, OK · 2142 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.06 km NNW of Jefferson, OK · 2141 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.010.6 km E of Lamont, OK · 2140 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.510.4 km E of Lamont, OK · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.610.5 km WNW of Jefferson, OK · 2140 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.810.4 km WNW of Jefferson, OK · 2140 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.64.3 km NW of Meno, OK · 2139 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, OK · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.46.1 km SSE of Jefferson, OK · 2138 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.68.4 km NE of Nash, OK · 2137 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.81.6 km SSE of Lambert, OK · 2137 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.73 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.62 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.93 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2132 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.88 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.55 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.4Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.63 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 41
  49. 2.52 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2128 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 37
  50. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 58
  51. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2125 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.34 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 27
  53. 2.1Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.11 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.014 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 3.03 km NNE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1,958
  60. 2.33 km NE of Eastborough, Kansas · 2115 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 128

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2167 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2167 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2167 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.73 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.04 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.26 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.79 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.70 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2179 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.54 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.5Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ca9q. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.