A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Stapleton in Nebraska on Tuesday. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:15:22 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.64 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 20:15:22 / July 3, 2018 @ 8:15 pm. Event id: us2000fw8c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fw8c. Exact location of event, longitude -100.1821 West, latitude 41.4198 North, depth = 14.64 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lexington, North Platte. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from North Platte (c. 24 700 pop), 80 km (50 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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km ESE of Stapleton, Nebraska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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