SMITH COUNTY —A pair of earthquakes shook north central Kansas on Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning.Just after 4p.m. Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a quake that measured a magnitude 2.9 was centered seven miles north of Downs. A preliminary report from the Kansas Geological Survey indicated the quake measured 3.5 magnitude and said it was centered just east of the Smith County line in Jewell County.KSGS also reported a 2.6 magnitude quake at 8:16 a.m. on Saturday in Smith County.&nbsp; There are no reports of damage.&nbsp;The threshold for damage usually starts at a magnitude 4.0.

Pair of earthquakes shake north-central Kansas