A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000627t. Event ids that are associated: us1000627t. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2004 West, latitude 35.9766 North, depth = 6.054 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.054 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:29:11 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 16:29:11 / July 9, 2016 @ 4:29 pm.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Shawnee, Moore.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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