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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Herington in Kansas

Posted by admin on May 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.7154S, -96.964WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Herington in Kansas on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000pzh7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzh7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.964 West, latitude 38.7154 North, depth = 9.271 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.271 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:33:24 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/25 / 2025-05-15 21:33:24 / May 15, 2025 @ 9:33 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Manhattan (c. 52 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salina (c. 47 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Emporia (c. 24 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Junction City (c. 23 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Newton (c. 19 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from McPherson (c. 13 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newton, Emporia, McPherson.

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 one and in the last 365 days 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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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: 5 km NNW of Herington, Kansas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.964° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.271 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NNW of Herington, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-15 21:33:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-15 21:45:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 202 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.029 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000pzh7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzh7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzh7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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