A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Anthony in Kansas. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:47:35 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.9464° West, 36.9735° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us100030x0. Unique identifier: us100030x0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 20:47:35 / August 10, 2015 @ 8:47 pm.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Blackwell, Wellington (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 21 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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