A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mankato in Kansas on Friday. Id of earthquake: us10008fs0. Event ids that are associated: us10008fs0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/17 / 2017-04-08 05:15:28 / April 8, 2017 @ 5:15 am. The temblor was reported at 23:15:28 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.1514 West, latitude 39.7589 North, depth = 5 km.
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Concordia (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concordia. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 5 km ESE of Mankato, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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