A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 02:24:24 / October 26, 2015 @ 2:24 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.936 km (2 miles). Id of earthquake: usa0010qvu. Event ids that are associated: usa0010qvu. Exact location, longitude -96.7952° West, latitude 35.8936° North, depth = 3.936 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:24:24 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Del City, Jenks, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Del City (c. 21 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply