A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Stillwater in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 12:15:47 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.45 km, -97.1127° West, 36.1132° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 17:15:47 / July 1, 2015 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002mv7. Unique identifier: us10002mv7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.45 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bethany, Oklahoma City, Del City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km W of Stillwater, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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