A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Sunday. Event id: us100077bu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100077bu. Exact location, longitude -98.9758° West, latitude 36.533° North, depth = 7.263 km. Global time and date of event 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:45:24 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:45:24 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.263 km (5 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward. Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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