By James Bell
Hays Post

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake with an epicenter 13 kilometers Southwest of Cherokee, Okla. was felt throughout Kansas at 1:42 a.m. Thursday, including the city of Hays, where area residents quickly took to social media in an effort to get an explanation for the shaking, in an area where few residents have ever felt an earthquake.

The Hays P0lice Department confirmed several calls had come into their department immediately after the quake, but they had no further information at the time.

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The United State Geologic Service published a map of reports of the earthquake, with reports coming in from as far North as Naperville, Ill.  and as far South as Tucson, Ariz. One report had also come from Denver, Colo.

Over 20 people from Hays reported feeling the earthquake to the USGS by 4 a.m.

That map can be found here.

Within half an hour of the earthquake over 500 people had already reported it to the USGS website with Waynoka, Okla. reporting the worst damage from the quake, listed as “light,” by the website.

By 4 a.m. the number of reports climbed to over 4,000.

Hays Post will provide updates as they become available.