A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004edf. Id of event: us10004edf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/16 / 2016-01-14 04:03:14 / January 14, 2016 @ 4:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.4128 West, latitude 35.6742 North, depth = 6.53 km. The temblor was reported at 22:03:14 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.53 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Perry, Cushing (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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