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Minor earthquake: M2.95 quake has struck near Harper in Kansas


Earthquake location 37.2798333S, -97.9665WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Harper in Kansas on Friday. The temblor was detected at 07:04:52 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/17 / 2017-09-15 13:04:52 / September 15, 2017 @ 1:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -97.9665° West, 37.2798333° North, depth 4.9 km. Id of earthquake: ismpkansas70235408. Event ids that are associated: ismpkansas70235408. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles).

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mulvane (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wichita, Derby, Mulvane (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 5 km E of Harper, Kansas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.9665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2798333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km E of Harper, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-15 13:04:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-16 00:54:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 134 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ismpkansas The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ismpkansas, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03063 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ismpkansas70235408 Id of event.
Event Code 70235408 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ismpkansas70235408, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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