A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Anthony in Kansas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.51 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:25:32 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/18 / 2018-04-08 07:25:32 / April 8, 2018 @ 7:25 am. Exact location of event, longitude -97.774 West, latitude 37.1975 North, depth = 4.51 km. Id of earthquake: us2000dwcj. Event ids that are associated: us2000dwcj.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Andover, Valley Center, Park City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Andover (c. 11 800 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 23 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas.
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