A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/16 / 2016-04-01 16:53:23 / April 1, 2016 @ 4:53 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.482 km (3 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:23 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005dz2. Event ids that are associated: us20005dz2. Exact location of event, longitude -96.7535 West, latitude 35.9378 North, depth = 4.482 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Edmond, Tulsa, Jenks (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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