A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Choctaw in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.189 km (4 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:23 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.2252 West, latitude 35.5438 North, depth = 6.189 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 12:24:23 / July 5, 2015 @ 12:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002npk. Unique identifier: us10002npk.
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Reno, Stillwater, Cushing (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km NE of Choctaw, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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