A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Union City in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us1000dc0b. Event ids that are associated: us1000dc0b. The temblor was detected at 19:34:48 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.1356° West, 35.3982° North, depth 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/18 / 2018-04-01 01:34:48 / April 1, 2018 @ 1:34 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Clinton, Noble, Midwest City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
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 seventy 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km W of Union City, Oklahoma.
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