A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us100086n3. Unique identifier: us100086n3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/17 / 2017-03-03 02:38:28 / March 3, 2017 @ 2:38 am. Exact location, longitude -99.0648° West, latitude 36.6607° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:38:28 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 27 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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