A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us200064jb. Event ids that are associated: us200064jb. The temblor was picked up at 10:43:53 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 15:43:53 / June 15, 2016 @ 3:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -99.0783 West, latitude 36.5065 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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