A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:10:47 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 04:10:47 / December 24, 2015 @ 4:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -98.0339° West, 36.7226° North, depth 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000497g. Id of event: us1000497g.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 28 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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