A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2019zafg. Id of event: ok2019zafg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 21:03:20 / December 22, 2019 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:03:20 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.349823 West, latitude 35.10741806 North, depth = 5 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Muskogee, Henryetta, Poteau. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 2 km SE of Quinton, Oklahoma.
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