A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Harper in Kansas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.22 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:22:24 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/17 / 2017-07-11 17:22:24 / July 11, 2017 @ 5:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100098wc. Unique identifier: us100098wc. Exact location, longitude -97.9681° West, latitude 37.2538° North, depth = 10.22 km.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pratt, Blackwell, Wichita (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SE of Harper, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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