A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ashland in Kansas. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -99.799° West, 37.4786° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hj16. Unique identifier: us1000hj16. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:55:22 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 14:55:22 / October 30, 2018 @ 2:55 pm.
Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Dodge City (c. 27 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dodge City. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 32 km N of Ashland, Kansas.
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