A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:13:55 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007a02. Unique identifier: us10007a02. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.7393 West, latitude 36.0291 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 13:13:55 / November 18, 2016 @ 1:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jenks (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Choctaw, Skiatook, Harrah (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 5 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma.
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