SEDGWICK COUNTY —A series of earthquakes shook Wichita Sunday and continued early Monday including the largest quake in five year in the city. At 6:08p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a quake measuring a magnitude 3.9 on the richter scale was centered in the Eastborough section of Wichita, near 13th and Rock Road.
The agency reported two additional quakes Monday morning and four additional quakes on Sunday in the same east central portion of the city. The first measured a magnitude 3.4 just before 6:30a.m. Sunday.
Three additional quakes including two just after 7a.m. measured a magnitude 3.5 and 3 on the richter scale and a 2.2 magnitude quake at 8:30a.m.
The quakes just before 9a.m. Monday measured 3.1 and 3.2, according to the USGS.
On December 30, an earthquake measuring a magnitude 3.8 and a 3.7 magnitude temblor on December 19, shook the same area. All the Sunday and Monday quakes are considered relatively small, according to the U.SGS. The threshold for damage usually starts at 4.0.
Based on an investigation, the Kansas Corporation Commission does not believe the seismicity in Wichita is tied to any oil and gas activities in the area.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY —A series of earthquakes shook central Kansas early Sunday.
The first measured a magnitude 3.4 just before 6:30a.m. and it was centered in the Eastborough section of Wichita, near 13th Street and Rock Road, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The agency reported two additional quakes just after 7a.m. that measured a magnitude 3.5 and 3 on the richter scale.
On December 30 , an earthquake measuring a magnitude 3.8 shook the same area. It was the largest quake in Wichita in five years, according to the USGS and is considered relatively small.
Based on an investigation, the Kansas Corporation Commission does not believe the seismicity in Wichita is tied to any oil and gas activities in the area.
There are no reports of damage or injury from the series of quakes on Sunday.