A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:18:22 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.869 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002l14. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002l14. Global time and date of event 31/05/15 / 2015-05-31 20:18:22 / May 31, 2015 @ 8:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 4.869 km, -98.6523° West, 36.7083° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 10 km S of Alva, Oklahoma.
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