A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002jzb. Unique identifier: us10002jzb. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/15 / 2015-06-17 23:23:18 / June 17, 2015 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.269 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:18 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.6112 West, latitude 36.6918 North, depth = 4.269 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward, Enid.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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