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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 4 km SE of Hill City, Kansas

Posted by admin on May 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.3322S, -99.8107WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Hill City in Kansas. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 05:10:15 / May 31, 2025 @ 5:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.567 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -99.8107° West, 39.3322° North, depth 6.567 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:10:15 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qh10. Id of event: us6000qh10.

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hays. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km SE of Hill City, Kansas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.8107° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.3322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.567 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SE of Hill City, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-31 05:10:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-31 05:21:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 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 131 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.521 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us6000qh10 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qh10 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qh10, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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