A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 km NNE of Osborne, Kansas (12 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -98.5746° West, latitude 39.5941° North, depth = 5 km. Event id: us10003yhw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yhw. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 14:42:07 / November 15, 2015 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:42:07 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NNE of Osborne, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Margie Schoen
I heard a boom and the windows rattled and house shook for several seconds. I went outside to make sure something hadn’t exploded. We are in SE Smith County KS, NE of Osborne.
Hendrickson
I didn’t feel anything
Brian
Was out hunting and heard a low level rumble, the pheasants all started cackling . This would be fairly close to the location, will check the coordinates