A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.2849° West, 35.8859° North, depth 7.44 km. Global time and date of event 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 13:47:21 / December 18, 2017 @ 1:47 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:47:21 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.44 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000c5ll. Event ids that are associated: us2000c5ll.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tecumseh, Newcastle, Norman (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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