A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Blanchard in Oklahoma. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 17:38:01 / July 10, 2016 @ 5:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.38 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100062f1. Event ids that are associated: us100062f1. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:38:01 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.38 km, -97.5966° West, 35.0475° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duncan, Shawnee, Edmond.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSE of Blanchard, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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