A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 20:34:14 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fkh. Id of event: us20003fkh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.64 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.3222 West, latitude 36.0293 North, depth = 4.64 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 01:34:14 / September 2, 2015 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yukon, Del City, Oklahoma City. Close 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 thirty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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