A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:24:24 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.936 km, -96.7952° West, 35.8936° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.936 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rjc. Id of event: us10003rjc. Global time and date of event 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 02:24:24 / October 26, 2015 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Del City, Jenks, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Del City (c. 21 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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