A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Healdton in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 02:44:06 / August 4, 2015 @ 2:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5499 West, latitude 34.2885 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xsg. Unique identifier: us10002xsg. The temblor was reported at 21:44:06 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lone Grove (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pauls Valley, Duncan, Ardmore (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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