A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.176 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us20002xsm. Event ids that are associated: us20002xsm. Exact location of earthquake, -97.5596° West, 35.9874° North, depth 5.176 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:06:07 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 09:06:07 / July 15, 2015 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moore, Cushing, Mustang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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