A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Blackwell in Oklahoma on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:57:14 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.2993742526 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ok2019nswv. Unique identifier: ok2019nswv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 07:57:14 / July 15, 2019 @ 7:57 am. Exact location of event, depth 0.2993742526 km, -97.42197418° West, 36.88428497° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Derby, 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 15 km NW of Blackwell, Oklahoma.
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