A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -98.7328° West, latitude 36.7228° North, depth = 6.185 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.185 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 17:57:40 / June 15, 2016 @ 5:57 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us200064kl. Unique identifier: us200064kl. The temblor was detected at 12:57:40 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma.
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