A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 11:49:26 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005c1d. Event ids that are associated: us20005c1d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.601 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -97.4845° West, 36.0614° North, depth 4.601 km. Global time and date of event 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 17:49:26 / February 29, 2016 @ 5:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Reno, Harrah, Del City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 15 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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