A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2299 West, latitude 36.0091 North, depth = 5.52 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 17:50:57 / May 3, 2016 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:50:57 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.52 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005df5. Event ids that are associated: us10005df5.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yukon, Enid, Del City (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 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 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 7 km NNE of Langston, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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