A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.12 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004w5l. Unique identifier: us10004w5l. The temblor was reported at 16:22:57 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/16 / 2016-03-08 22:22:57 / March 8, 2016 @ 10:22 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -97.1241 West, latitude 35.6234 North, depth = 6.12 km.
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (25 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Reno, Perry, Blanchard (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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