A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g2zl. Id of event: us1000g2zl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.7394 West, latitude 36.4656 North, depth = 3.33 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 20:58:21 / August 3, 2018 @ 8:58 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.33 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:58:21 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Guthrie, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km ENE of Enid, Oklahoma.
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