A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.288 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 23:25:24 / December 4, 2015 @ 11:25 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000447n. Event ids that are associated: us1000447n. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:25:24 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.0523 West, latitude 36.6172 North, depth = 6.288 km.
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 21 km ENE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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