A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Caldwell in Kansas. Exact location, longitude -97.6308° West, latitude 36.942° North, depth = 4.31 km. Unique identifier: us1000ds1l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ds1l. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.31 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:52:58 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 14:52:58 / April 25, 2018 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Derby, Haysville, Mulvane (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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