A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Harper in Kansas. Unique identifier: us10002nbe. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002nbe. Exact location, longitude -97.9591° West, latitude 37.2322° North, depth = 3.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.09 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 19:59:19 / July 3, 2015 @ 7:59 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:59:19 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Wichita, Derby.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SE of Harper, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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