A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anthony in Kansas. Event id: us100030fc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030fc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8931 West, latitude 37.038 North, depth = 6.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.61 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 13:57:33 / August 8, 2015 @ 1:57 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:33 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Derby, Arkansas City, Haysville. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km SE of Anthony, Kansas.
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