A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Monday. The temblor was detected at 11:16:59 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.4 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.2097 West, latitude 36.4785 North, depth = 7.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 17:16:59 / January 7, 2019 @ 5:16 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000j150. Event ids that are associated: us2000j150.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 9 km SE of Helena, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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