A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Thedford in Nebraska. The temblor was picked up at 01:48:38 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 06:48:38 / August 19, 2015 @ 6:48 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us100033b5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033b5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.249 West, latitude 41.7789 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was North Platte. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from North Platte (c. 24 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 35 km SE of Thedford, Nebraska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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