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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Stockton in Kansas

Posted by admin on October 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.5119S, -99.319WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Stockton in Kansas on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -99.319 West, latitude 39.5119 North, depth = 9.265 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rezn. Event ids that are associated: us6000rezn. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 19:58:26 / October 5, 2025 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 19:58:26 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.265 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hays (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Stockton, Kansas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.319° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.5119° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.265 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNW of Stockton, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-05 19:58:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-05 20:05:29 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 121 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000rezn Id of event.
Event Code 6000rezn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rezn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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