A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tonkawa in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 6.433 km, -97.3934° West, 36.5708° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 22:58:32 / September 14, 2015 @ 10:58 pm. Unique identifier: us20003jpr. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jpr. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:32 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.433 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Arkansas City, Stillwater (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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