Mar 24, 2020

KGS: Several quakes rattle area counties

Posted Mar 24, 2020 3:05 AM

Several small earthquakes rattled parts of Saline, Dickinson, and Marion counties Sunday, according to the Kansas Geological Survey.

<b>The location of the Saline County earthquake.</b> Maps courtesy KGS
The location of the Saline County earthquake. Maps courtesy KGS

The first, a magnitude 2 quake shook part of southeast Saline County at 8:26 a.m. Sunday. The quake was centered southeast of the intersection of East Farrelly Road and South Niles Road.

<b>The location of the Marion County quake.</b>
The location of the Marion County quake.

At 12:34 p.m., a 2.1 magnitude quake shook part of Marion County. The earthquake was centered just north of 270th Street and west of Pawnee Road, northeast of Marion Reservoir.

<b>The location of the first Dickinson County quake on Sunday.</b>
The location of the first Dickinson County quake on Sunday.

The third, a 3.3 magnitude quake, rattled part of Dickinson County near Hope at 12:50 p.m. Sunday. That quake was centered north of 800 Avenue and between Rain Road on the west and Sage Road on the east.

<b>The location of the second Dickinson County quake on Sunday.</b>
The location of the second Dickinson County quake on Sunday.

At 1:34 p.m., a 2.5 magnitude quake also shook part of Dickinson County a little bit south and east of the first. The quake was centered north of Kansas Highway 4 and just a bit west of Sage Road.