A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Taloga in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 22:24:58 / September 28, 2018 @ 10:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.479 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:24:58 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h43k. Id of event: us1000h43k. Exact location, longitude -98.9249° West, latitude 36.2048° North, depth = 6.479 km.
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Clinton (c. 9 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Clinton, Watonga, Woodward. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each 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. 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 sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km N of Taloga, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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