A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 16:09:29 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 22:09:29 / December 10, 2015 @ 10:09 pm. Id of earthquake: us20004g9l. Event ids that are associated: us20004g9l. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.2126 West, latitude 35.9553 North, depth = 5.8 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Shawnee, Moore.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km ENE of Langston, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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