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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Chapman in Kansas


Earthquake location 38.9253S, -96.9651WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Chapman in Kansas. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.81 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:44:51 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 21:44:51 / October 25, 2020 @ 9:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -96.9651 West, latitude 38.9253 North, depth = 11.81 km. Unique identifier: us6000cd2w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cd2w.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Manhattan (c. 52 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salina (c. 47 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Junction City (c. 23 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Fort Riley North (c. 7 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Abilene (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina, Manhattan, Fort Riley North (min 5000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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 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: 7 km SE of Chapman, Kansas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.9651° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9253° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SE of Chapman, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-25 21:44:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-25 22:33:51 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 129 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000cd2w Id of event.
Event Code 6000cd2w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cd2w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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