A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Anthony in Kansas on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 03:43:43 / July 27, 2015 @ 3:43 am. Event id: us200030ah. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200030ah. Exact location, longitude -97.9973° West, latitude 37.072° North, depth = 6.69 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:43:43 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.69 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Blackwell, Wellington (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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