Minor earthquake: M2.95 quake has struck near Harper in Kansas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Harper in Kansas on Friday. The temblor was detected at 07:04:52 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/17 / 2017-09-15 13:04:52 / September 15, 2017 @ 1:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -97.9665° West, 37.2798333° North, depth 4.9 km. Id of earthquake: ismpkansas70235408. Event ids that are associated: ismpkansas70235408. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles).

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mulvane (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wichita, Derby, Mulvane (min 5000 pop). Close 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km E of Harper, Kansas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.9665° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.2798333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km E of Harper, Kansas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-15 13:04:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-16 00:54:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	134	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ismpkansas	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ismpkansas,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03063	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ismpkansas70235408	Id of event.
Event Code	70235408	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ismpkansas70235408,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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