A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anthony in Kansas. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 11:17:52 / September 20, 2015 @ 11:17 am. Id of earthquake: us20003m5y. Event ids that are associated: us20003m5y. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.63 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:17:52 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.9131 West, latitude 37.0374 North, depth = 3.63 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mulvane (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Haysville, Mulvane, Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km SE of Anthony, Kansas.
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