A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Blackwell in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 17:29:27 / July 7, 2016 @ 5:29 pm. Unique identifier: us100061nf. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061nf. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:29:27 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.424 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.3203 West, latitude 36.8856 North, depth = 7.424 km.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Enid, Derby (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 9 km NNW of Blackwell, Oklahoma.
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