A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anthony in Kansas on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 20:57:35 / February 10, 2016 @ 8:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zdc. Id of event: us20004zdc. Exact location of earthquake, -97.887° West, 37.0576° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:57:35 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Derby, Arkansas City, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-five 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km SE of Anthony, Kansas.
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