A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Coalgate in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -96.3327° West, 34.6847° North, depth 5.5 km. The temblor was detected at 05:44:48 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 11:44:48 / January 23, 2019 @ 11:44 am. Id of earthquake: us2000j7rx. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7rx.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Ada (c. 16 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Durant (c. 15 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Seminole (c. 7 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Holdenville (c. 5 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Durant, Seminole, McAlester. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NNW of Coalgate, Oklahoma.
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