April 1 was April Fool’s day but Mother Nature wasn’t fooling around when she unleashed another earthquake in Oklahoma.
But this quake was in southcentral Oklahoma. Typically, most of Oklahoma’s earthquakes in the past 3 to 4 years have been in the oil and gas active regions of northern Oklahoma.
The Monday afternoon quake measured 2.7 magnitude with an epicenter about 3 miles deep and a mile near the town of Cole or about 12 miles southwest of Norman.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded it officially at 1:48 p.m. on Monday.
Event type: Earthquake
Region: Oklahoma
Geographic coordinates: 35.092N, 97.589W
Magnitude: 2.7
Depth: 5 km
Universal Time (UTC): 1 Apr 2019 18:48:22
Time near the Epicenter: 1 Apr 2019 13:48:22
Local standard time in your area: 1 Apr 2019 12:48:22
Location with respect to nearby cities:
1.9 km (1.2 mi) SW of Cole, Oklahoma
19.9 km (12.3 mi) SW of Norman, Oklahoma
29.0 km (18.0 mi) SSW of Moore, Oklahoma
32.0 km (19.8 mi) E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
42.2 km (26.2 mi) S of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
