A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Coalgate in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -96.3386 West, latitude 34.6598 North, depth = 5 km. Global time and date of event 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 09:11:45 / November 26, 2018 @ 9:11 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:11:45 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hwla. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwla. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Durant, Seminole, McAlester (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ada (c. 16 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Durant (c. 15 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Seminole (c. 7 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Holdenville (c. 5 800 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km NW of Coalgate, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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