A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us10006teh. Event ids that are associated: us10006teh. The temblor was detected at 19:49:10 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.545 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -99.161 West, latitude 36.465 North, depth = 4.545 km. Global time and date of event 28/09/16 / 2016-09-28 00:49:10 / September 28, 2016 @ 12:49 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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