A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2gp. Unique identifier: us2000c2gp. Exact location of event, depth 2.15 km, -97.9096° West, 36.033° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 22:25:53 / December 9, 2017 @ 10:25 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:25:53 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yukon (c. 22 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Mustang, Oklahoma City. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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