A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Caldwell in Kansas. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.2 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fzbf. Id of event: us2000fzbf. The temblor was reported at 15:50:12 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.4976° West, 36.9904° North, depth 5.2 km. Global time and date of event 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 21:50:12 / July 7, 2018 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Wichita (c. 382 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Perry, Wichita, Enid (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas.
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