A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:15:50 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 16:15:50 / June 30, 2018 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fscb. Unique identifier: us2000fscb. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.98 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.2785 West, latitude 35.8843 North, depth = 4.98 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newcastle, Tecumseh, Norman.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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