A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Taloga in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -98.9083° West, 36.2698° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was detected at 12:33:31 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 18:33:31 / October 22, 2018 @ 6:33 pm. Event id: us1000hfqy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hfqy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 26 km N of Taloga, Oklahoma.
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