A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 7.54 km, -98.8357° West, 36.5168° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:47:06 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005c7e. Event ids that are associated: us20005c7e. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.54 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/03/16 / 2016-03-24 12:47:06 / March 24, 2016 @ 12:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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