A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -98.949° West, 36.5196° North, depth 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ghdg. Unique identifier: us2000ghdg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 17:54:53 / July 30, 2018 @ 5:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:54:53 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 24 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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