A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Glen Elder in Kansas on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us6000pz39. Event ids that are associated: us6000pz39. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.2987 West, latitude 39.4775 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 23:21:30 / March 15, 2025 @ 11:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:21:30 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concordia (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Concordia (c. 5 400 pop). Close 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km SSE of Glen Elder, Kansas.

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