A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Anthony in Kansas. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:11:47 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.821° West, latitude 37.2001° North, depth = 5 km. Global time and date of event 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 11:11:47 / February 7, 2018 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ci6k. Id of event: us1000ci6k.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Arkansas City, Wichita (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 19 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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