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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Plainville in Kansas

Posted by admin on November 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.2787S, -99.3661WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Plainville in Kansas on Thursday. Global time and date of event 06/11/25 / 2025-11-06 01:50:17 / November 6, 2025 @ 1:50 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:50:17 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -99.3661° West, latitude 39.2787° North, depth = 10.708 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.708 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlt5. Id of event: us6000rlt5.

Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hays.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 7 km NW of Plainville, Kansas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.3661° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2787° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.708 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NW of Plainville, Kansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-06 01:50:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-06 02:07:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.996 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000rlt5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlt5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlt5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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