A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Blanchard in Oklahoma on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.5761° West, 35.1228° North, depth 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 04:58:53 / March 25, 2019 @ 4:58 am. The temblor was detected at 22:58:53 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000jl5k. Event ids that are associated: us1000jl5k. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shawnee, Anadarko, Tecumseh. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 7 km ESE of Blanchard, Oklahoma.
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