A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lindsay in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: ok2020bboj. Event ids that are associated: ok2020bboj. Exact location of event, longitude -97.70587158 West, latitude 34.9602623 North, depth = 1.311752081 km. Global time and date of event 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 01:55:54 / January 16, 2020 @ 1:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:55:54 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.311752081 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Harrah, Piedmont, Lawton.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NW of Lindsay, Oklahoma.
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