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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Glen Elder in Kansas

Posted by admin on March 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.501S, -98.3171WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Glen Elder in Kansas. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:34:42 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 09:34:42 / March 15, 2025 @ 9:34 am. Event id: us6000pz0j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pz0j. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.796 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7.796 km, -98.3171° West, 39.501° North.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concordia (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Concordia (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 0 km WNW of Glen Elder, Kansas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.3171° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.501° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.796 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km WNW of Glen Elder, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-15 09:34:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-15 09:41:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.12 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pz0j Id of event.
Event Code 6000pz0j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pz0j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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