A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Stillwater in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 04:16:02 / January 5, 2017 @ 4:16 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007r9p. Id of event: us10007r9p. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:16:02 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.0077 West, latitude 36.2478 North, depth = 9.33 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.33 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (10 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Cushing (c. 7 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Guthrie, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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