A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Harrah in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/16 / 2016-04-27 10:28:17 / April 27, 2016 @ 10:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, -97.0919° West, 35.5182° North, depth 6.817 km. The temblor was detected at 05:28:17 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005bww. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005bww. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.817 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tuttle, Blanchard, Stillwater (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma.
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