A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082ik. Id of event: us200082ik. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.79 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:29:50 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 08:29:50 / December 19, 2016 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -98.9006° West, 36.5427° North, depth 4.79 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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