A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Taloga in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000h66f. Event ids that are associated: us1000h66f. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 09:28:04 / October 3, 2018 @ 9:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.9511 West, latitude 36.2148 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 03:28:04 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 19 km N of Taloga, Oklahoma.
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