A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 4.186 km, -97.5526° West, 35.9862° North. The temblor was reported at 13:21:39 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.186 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us200030zh. Ids that are associated to the event: us200030zh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 18:21:39 / July 28, 2015 @ 6:21 pm.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moore, Cushing, Mustang. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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