A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 12:28:36 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/17 / 2017-06-29 18:28:36 / June 29, 2017 @ 6:28 pm. Event id: us100095bz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100095bz. Exact location of earthquake, -98.8858° West, 36.5142° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward. Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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