A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wilson in Kansas on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 22:16:55 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.4702 West, latitude 38.8744 North, depth = 6.15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 22:16:55 / October 30, 2025 @ 10:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.15 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkh4. Id of event: us6000rkh4.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salina, Hays, Great Bend (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salina (c. 47 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Great Bend (c. 16 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km N of Wilson, Kansas.

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