A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Caldwell in Kansas on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 15:43:10 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10002yaq. Event ids that are associated: us10002yaq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 20:43:10 / August 4, 2015 @ 8:43 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.783 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.783 km, -97.6827° West, 36.9286° North.
The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Mulvane, Winfield.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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