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EARTHQUAKE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1017 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

AN EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT MODERATELY TO STRONGLY ACROSS A PORTION OF
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING, INCLUDING THE WICHITA
METROPOLITAN AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A FEW INITIAL REPORTS OF
VERY MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SUCH AS CRACKS IN DRYWALL CEILINGS
AND WALLS IN THE WICHITA AREA. 

THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS THAT A MAGNITUDE 5.6
EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 702 AM CDT. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTERED ABOUT
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAWNEE OKLAHOMA, WHICH IS ABOUT 90 MILES TO THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS. THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS
ABOUT 4 MILES.

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