A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ninnekah in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Event id: us1000bt2p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bt2p. Global time and date of event 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 14:33:04 / December 19, 2017 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:33:04 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.7709° West, latitude 34.9287° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was The Village, El Reno, Warr Acres. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
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 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km E of Ninnekah, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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