A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Anthony in Kansas on Wednesday. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:52:24 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.94 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003fwl. Unique identifier: us20003fwl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0232 West, latitude 36.9311 North, depth = 9.94 km. Global time and date of event 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 23:52:24 / September 2, 2015 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km S of Anthony, Kansas.
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