A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us10004s0b. Event ids that are associated: us10004s0b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.111 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/02/16 / 2016-02-23 13:13:27 / February 23, 2016 @ 1:13 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:13:27 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.3916° West, 35.6697° North, depth 7.111 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Perry, Cushing (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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