HARPER COUNTY – A third earthquake this week jolted portions of Kansas Tuesday evening. The quake just after 5p.m. measured a magnitude 3.1 and was centered approximately 8 miles southwest of Harper, according to the USGS.

A pair of quakes shook portions of Kansas Monday. Just after 2.am. a 2.9 quake hit 6 miles northwest of Mankato in Jewell County. At 10:15 p.m. Monday, the USGS recorded a 2.6 quake three miles south of Rose Hill in Butler County.

The USGS has recorded 13 quake in Kansas in June.

They reported 9 Kansas earthquakes in May, nearly a dozen in April, seven in March and six in February.
There are no reports of damage or injury from Tuesday’s quake.

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BUTLER COUNTY – Another small earthquake shook Kansas Monday evening.
The quake just after 10p.m. measured a magnitude 2.6 and was centered three miles south of Rose Hill, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It was the second quake in Kansas Monday and the 12th quake in the state in June.

A quake just after 2a.m. Monday measured a magnitude 2.9 and was centered 6 miles northwest of Mankato in Jewell County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The USGS reported 9 Kansas earthquakes in May, nearly a dozen in April, seven in March and six in February.

There are no reports of damage or injury from Monday’s quakes.