A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/17 / 2017-02-03 15:04:12 / February 3, 2017 @ 3:04 pm. Event id: us20008hds. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008hds. Exact location, longitude -98.9788° West, latitude 36.5187° North, depth = 3.85 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.85 km (2 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:04:12 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 22 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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