A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Harper in Kansas. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.1397 West, latitude 37.3661 North, depth = 10.98 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:12:53 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000746g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000746g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/16 / 2016-11-04 19:12:53 / November 4, 2016 @ 7:12 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.98 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pratt (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Wellington, Pratt (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 13 km NW of Harper, Kansas.
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