A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Stapleton in Nebraska on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000e17f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000e17f. Global time and date of event 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 21:48:47 / April 16, 2018 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.1293 West, latitude 41.3475 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:48:47 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lexington, North Platte (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from North Platte (c. 24 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lexington (c. 10 200 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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 35 km ESE of Stapleton, Nebraska.
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