A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 14:44:33 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200063zc. Event ids that are associated: us200063zc. Exact location of earthquake, -97.2563° West, 35.8778° North, depth 8.44 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.44 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 19:44:33 / June 12, 2016 @ 7:44 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newcastle, Tecumseh, Norman (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km S of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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