A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tonkawa in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us10004xr7. Event ids that are associated: us10004xr7. Exact location of event, depth 1.37 km, -97.2718° West, 36.6481° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/16 / 2016-03-15 10:12:45 / March 15, 2016 @ 10:12 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:12:45 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.37 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Wellington, Stillwater (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 4 km SE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
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