A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Union City in Oklahoma. Event id: us2000fr8f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fr8f. Global time and date of event 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 12:29:29 / June 29, 2018 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:29:29 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.1165° West, 35.4005° North, depth 5 km.
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Clinton, Choctaw, Noble (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 five and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km W of Union City, Oklahoma.
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