A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Harper in Kansas on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/17 / 2017-06-10 06:26:10 / June 10, 2017 @ 6:26 am. The temblor was detected at 00:26:10 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.71 km (2 miles). Id of earthquake: us20009lpj. Event ids that are associated: us20009lpj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.9789 West, latitude 37.2265 North, depth = 3.71 km.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pratt, Blackwell, Wichita (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSE of Harper, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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