A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Prague in Oklahoma. Global time and date of event 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 13:22:47 / May 30, 2018 @ 1:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5.969 km, -96.7755° West, 35.5259° North. Unique identifier: us1000eepj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eepj. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:22:47 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.969 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Warr Acres, Okmulgee, Henryetta. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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