A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Harper in Kansas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 18:35:34 / June 26, 2016 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000670a. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000670a. Exact location of earthquake, -98.2036° West, 37.354° North, depth 5 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:35:34 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hutchinson, Haysville, Wellington (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Hutchinson (c. 42 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pratt (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 17 km WNW of Harper, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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