A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lyons in Kansas. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/17 / 2017-06-12 11:33:03 / June 12, 2017 @ 11:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009lxq. Unique identifier: us20009lxq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0203 West, latitude 38.5374 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:33:03 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Salina (c. 47 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hutchinson (c. 42 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Newton (c. 19 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Great Bend (c. 16 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from McPherson (c. 13 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abilene, Newton, Great Bend (min 5000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NE of Lyons, Kansas.
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