A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from South Hutchinson in Kansas on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/18 / 2018-04-17 23:05:48 / April 17, 2018 @ 11:05 pm. Unique identifier: us2000e1vx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000e1vx. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:05:48 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.9838° West, 38.022° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Wichita, Park City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Hutchinson (c. 42 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Newton (c. 19 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from McPherson (c. 13 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 3 km W of South Hutchinson, Kansas.
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