A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Marion in Kansas on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/19 / 2019-11-11 23:21:11 / November 11, 2019 @ 11:21 pm. Exact location, longitude -96.9022° West, latitude 38.3951° North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 17:21:11 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006ae2. Id of event: us60006ae2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Emporia (c. 24 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Junction City (c. 23 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Newton (c. 19 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from McPherson (c. 13 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from El Dorado (c. 13 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Andover, Park City, Valley Center (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ENE of Marion, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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