A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Jones in Oklahoma on Friday. The temblor was reported at 15:31:31 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 21:31:31 / February 19, 2016 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -97.3096° West, latitude 35.5466° North, depth = 6.65 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004r5y. Id of event: us10004r5y. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.65 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cushing, Seminole, Stillwater (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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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: 2 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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