A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma. Event id: us20006h6i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006h6i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 04:45:18 / July 24, 2016 @ 4:45 am. The temblor was reported at 23:45:18 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.752 West, latitude 36.8493 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma.
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