A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ellis in Kansas. Event id: us10006j1s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006j1s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 15:27:05 / August 31, 2016 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:27:05 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -99.583° West, latitude 39.0058° North, depth = 5 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hays (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km NNW of Ellis, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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