A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 15:42:02 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/16 / 2016-06-23 20:42:02 / June 23, 2016 @ 8:42 pm. Exact location, longitude -98.9325° West, latitude 36.5121° North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: us200066bl. Event ids that are associated: us200066bl.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 25 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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