A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uih. Id of event: us10004uih. Exact location of event, longitude -98.1139 West, latitude 36.63 North, depth = 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 21:49:35 / March 3, 2016 @ 9:49 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:49:35 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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