A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.5533 West, latitude 36.5584 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000bl7u. Event ids that are associated: us1000bl7u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 00:31:59 / December 5, 2017 @ 12:31 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:31:59 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward, Enid.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 25 km W of Helena, Oklahoma.
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