A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Union City in Oklahoma. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:20 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.91 km, -98.111° West, 35.3695° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 05:42:20 / November 16, 2018 @ 5:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.91 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hsjp. Unique identifier: us1000hsjp.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Noble, Midwest City, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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: 15 km W of Union City, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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