A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Solomon in Kansas. The temblor was reported at 03:30:21 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60004xc2. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004xc2. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.3587° West, 38.7846° North. Global time and date of event 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 09:30:21 / July 30, 2019 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newton, Manhattan, Fort Riley North. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Manhattan (c. 52 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salina (c. 47 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Junction City (c. 23 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Newton (c. 19 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from McPherson (c. 13 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Fort Riley North (c. 7 800 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km S of Solomon, Kansas.
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