A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Drumright in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -96.6768° West, 35.8775° North, depth 8.9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 18:14:19 / December 6, 2015 @ 6:14 pm. Unique identifier: us100044gu. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044gu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:14:19 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Edmond, Tecumseh, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bixby (c. 20 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 14 km SSW of Drumright, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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