Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas on Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km N of Norwich, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-24 05:52:23 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.206° N, 97.819° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1331 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.05 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1328 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.29 km N of Norwich, Kansas · 1328 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 45
  5. 1.56 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.66 km ESE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1326 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1319 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.34 km ENE of Eastborough, Kansas · 1313 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 41
  16. 1.73 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.26 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1305 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1304 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.03 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 1301 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.55 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 1295 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.65 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 1295 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1291 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1288 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.811 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1288 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.210 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1288 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.04 km ENE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1286 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 2.38 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.2Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.06 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1350 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jiv0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC.