A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Minco in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.38 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 19:48:10 / February 18, 2018 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:48:10 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.956° West, latitude 35.3231° North, depth = 4.38 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d4bi. Event ids that are associated: us2000d4bi.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Harrah, Weatherford, Watonga (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 1 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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