A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Broken Bow in Nebraska on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 12.71 km, -100.0852° West, 41.3815° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:26 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 04:20:26 / June 30, 2018 @ 4:20 am. Event id: us2000frxi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000frxi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.71 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from North Platte (c. 24 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lexington (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lexington, North Platte.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 six 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km W of Broken Bow, Nebraska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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