A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 10:05:34 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.599 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5568 West, latitude 35.9784 North, depth = 5.599 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 15:05:34 / September 1, 2015 @ 3:05 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fdm. Id of event: us20003fdm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moore, Cushing, Mustang. Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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