A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082ng. Id of event: us200082ng. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 08:31:49 / December 19, 2016 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.442 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5.442 km, -98.9638° West, 36.535° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:31:49 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 24 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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