A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 05:53:44 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100044f9. Event ids that are associated: us100044f9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.36 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 11:53:44 / December 6, 2015 @ 11:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -97.3874 West, latitude 35.8402 North, depth = 4.36 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecumseh, Enid, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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