A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Waukomis in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 14:46:59 / July 7, 2015 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.6788 West, latitude 36.2625 North, depth = 5.089 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vrr. Id of event: us20002vrr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.089 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:46:59 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 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 Ponca City, Edmond, Blackwell.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma.
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