A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.097 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gigp. Id of event: us2000gigp. Exact location of event, depth 5.097 km, -97.3801° West, 34.0592° North. Global time and date of event 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 18:44:34 / July 31, 2018 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:44:34 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pauls Valley, Duncan, Bowie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Gainesville (c. 16 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bowie (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 12 km SSE of Wilson, Oklahoma.
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